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February 14th, 2008, 08:47 PM
Investigators said a 9-year-old Dillon County girl is recovering in a Charleston hospital after her 10-year-old brother shot her in the face.
The incident happened at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Briarwood Court in Dillon County.
The children were home alone were arguing over a bag of potato chips, Dillon County Chief Deputy Sheriff Douglas Pernell said. Their mother was at work.
Investigators said the boy wanted the entire bag of chips and when the girl refused to hand them over, he got his father’s .410 bore shotgun. He loaded a shotgun shell, pointed it at his sister and fired.
The blast struck the girl in the right cheek, near her eye.
The two then ran to their grandparents’ home nearby for help. Their grandfather called authorities and the girl was rushed to a local hospital.
Doctors transferred the girl to a hospital in Charleston to have emergency reconstructive plastic surgery. She is expected to survive.
The boy’s mother told a Department of Social Services representative her son was prescribed medication for a hyperactivity disorder, but he’d lost the medication and hadn’t taken it in about a week.
The boy’s cousin told investigators the child pointed the shotgun at him and several others on previous occasions. The cousin said the boy pulled the trigger, but the gun wasn’t loaded.
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The incident happened at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Briarwood Court in Dillon County.
The children were home alone were arguing over a bag of potato chips, Dillon County Chief Deputy Sheriff Douglas Pernell said. Their mother was at work.
Investigators said the boy wanted the entire bag of chips and when the girl refused to hand them over, he got his father’s .410 bore shotgun. He loaded a shotgun shell, pointed it at his sister and fired.
The blast struck the girl in the right cheek, near her eye.
The two then ran to their grandparents’ home nearby for help. Their grandfather called authorities and the girl was rushed to a local hospital.
Doctors transferred the girl to a hospital in Charleston to have emergency reconstructive plastic surgery. She is expected to survive.
The boy’s mother told a Department of Social Services representative her son was prescribed medication for a hyperactivity disorder, but he’d lost the medication and hadn’t taken it in about a week.
The boy’s cousin told investigators the child pointed the shotgun at him and several others on previous occasions. The cousin said the boy pulled the trigger, but the gun wasn’t loaded.
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