DEER PARK, Wash. — Spokane Major Crimes is investigating after an 8-year-old was killed in a shooting at a home in North Spokane County on Thursday.
Sheriff Deputies arrived at the home located in the 1400 block of East Eloika Lake Road around 9:30 Thursday night.
Deputies say a group of four kids, ranging from 5 to 14-years-old found the handgun and at one point it was fired and hit the 8-year-old causing the fatal wound. One adult was home at the time of the shooting.
Deputies say because of the young age of the kids involved in the accident and for the privacy of the grieving family, no more information will be released right now.
According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, in 2022, guns were the leading cause of deaths in kids in the United States.
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