QUAKERTOWN, Pa.—State police say a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot himself to death in his grandparents’ Pennsylvania home.
Authorities say Benjamin Smith was pronounced dead Monday at the hospital shortly after suffering a single gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency medical personnel responded to the shooting around 11 a.m. at the home in Milford Township, Bucks County, north of Philadelphia.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting, including whether anyone was home at the time, how the child got the weapon and who owned the weapon.
Authorities say the shooting appears accidental.
.@PAStatePolice: 2-yr-old dead in #Quakertown. Investigators believe toddler shot self in chest @CBSPhilly #CBS3 pic.twitter.com/HrmlA5Nv3E
— Anita Oh (@anita_oh) September 12, 2016
Epoch Times contributed to this report.
