A four-year-old girl is dead after being shot accidentally by another child in Cook County Wednesday morning.
police and EMS responded to the 2400 block of West Street for a report of a child who was shot.
When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered that a child had been accidentally shot by another child who lives in the same household, police said.The child was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner as 4-year-old Camila Ariana Duarte The father of the child said that he was outside when he was alerted of the accidental shooting by another child.The father holds a valid FOID and concealed carry card. He admitted to being the owner of the handgun and claimed it was stored on a high shelf in a closet.All the news you need to know, every day
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