10-Year-Old California Boy Held on Suspicion of Shooting Another Child With His Father’s Gun

10-Year-Old California Boy Held on Suspicion of Shooting Another Child With His Father’s Gun
A Sacramento County Sheriff's Department officer looks on near a crime scene in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2022. Andri Tambunan/AFP via Getty Images
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A 10-year-old Northern California boy has been arrested on suspicion of shooting to death another child with his father’s gun, authorities said.

Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies answered a shooting report at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon in Foothill Farms, an unincorporated Sacramento suburb. In a parking lot, they found a 10-year-old boy bleeding from the head and neck. Despite lifesaving measures, he was later pronounced dead at a hospital, the Sheriff’s Office said in a social media posting.