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3-Year-Old Boy Dies After Shooting Self With Dad's Gun Outside Burger King In Bartow
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 22, 8:04 PM EDT
updated Oct 22, 8:27 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFLA (NBC 8), WTSP and WTVT, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A 3-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun inside a vehicle outside of a Burger King in Bartow, WTVT reported, citing Polk County deputies.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 4, Oct 22, 11:26 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- 3-year-old boy dead after accidently turning gun on self inside vehicle in Bartow, Polk County deputies say · WTVT
- 3-year-old dies after accidentally shooting himself with gun outside of Burger King in Bartow: sheriff · WTSP
- 3-year-old boy killed by gun inside vehicle at Burger King in Bartow · WFLA (NBC 8)
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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