4-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot Inside St. Louis House After Children Were Left Alone

4-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot Inside St. Louis House After Children Were Left Alone
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ST. LOUIS—A 4-year-old girl died from a gunshot wound suffered inside a St. Louis home after the mother went to the store and left four kids alone, police said.

Officers were called to the home by a child late Monday night and found the wounded child unconscious and barely breathing. The 4-year-old was rushed in a police SUV to a hospital, where she died.