Girl, 3, accidentally shoots, kills 4-year-old sister in US
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Girl, 3, accidentally shoots, kills 4-year-old sister in US

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A 3-year-old girl in the US state of Texas accidentally shot and killed her 4-year-old sister after she gained access to a loaded semi-automatic gun. Calling the incident “tragic” but “very preventable,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a group of family and friends - five adults and the two children - were hanging out at a Houston apartment on Sunday. The most prominent accidental shooting recently involved a 6-year-old boy who shot his elementary school teacher earlier this year in Virginia; the teacher is recovering, CNN reported. There were at least 2,070 unintentional shootings by children under 18 years of age between 2015 and 2020, resulting in 765 deaths and 1,366 injuries, according to data compiled by Everytown Research & Policy, the research arm of the group that advocates for gun control and against gun violence.

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