Police: 5-Year-old Shot and Killed in Columbia(Texas)

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Richland County (WLTX) -- The Richland County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a 5-year-old that happened Friday at approximately 7 PM.

Deputies say 5-year-old, Adonis Grimes, was shot outside of a home on 1028 Rocky Mountain Road in Columbia.

Officials have not released who shot the toddler however, we're told that a 3-year-old relative and an uncle were present at the time of the shooting.

The Richland County Forensics Team is assisting the Sheriff's Department in this investigation.

Officials say the 5-year-old died at Palmetto Richland Hospital Friday night.

Details are limited
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http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=87224

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Now, now... Not Texas. Good old Columbia, South Carolina. We are famously hot.

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LOL sorry I had the wrong place but the page its was on was a Texas and WBTX at the end of it lol

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SC man charged in death of 5-year-old nephew
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A 24-year-old South Carolina man has been charged with homicide by child abuse after police say a loaded gun he had been carrying was picked up by a toddler who shot another child.

Richland County sheriff's spokeswoman Monique Mack told multiple media outlets Sunday that Waddell McGhee of was being held in the death of 5-year-old Adonis Grimes.
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Adonis was outside a home on Friday with a 3-year-old cousin and McGhee who is the uncle of both boys. Mack said a gun fell from McGhee's pocket and was picked up by the younger child who pulled the trigger. Adonis was taken to Palmetto Health Richland where he died late Friday.

Investigators said McGhee is a convicted felon and should not have had a gun

http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=12453544