8-Year-Old Utah Boy Dies After Shooting Himself in Car While Mother Was Inside Convenience Store

8-Year-Old Utah Boy Dies After Shooting Himself in Car While Mother Was Inside Convenience Store
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LEHI, Utah—An 8-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a loaded gun left in a car while his mother was inside a Utah convenience store, police said.

The boy was alone in the car about 7:40 p.m. Monday in Lehi—a city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City—when he shot himself in the head, Jeanteil Livingston with the Lehi City Police Department told KSL-TV. The boy died at a hospital on Tuesday morning, police said.