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29 March 2024

12-year-old by shoots 9-year-old sister

Men were neighbors and were involved in property dispute, which led to the fatal incident . (Shutterstock)

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By AP

A 9-year-old girl was shot and seriously wounded by her 12-year-old brother as he played with a handgun in their Newark, New Jersey home, and the children's mother faces child endangerment charges.

City police tell NJ.com that 33-year-old Catrease Thomas also faces a weapons count. But they haven't said if she or any other adult was in the home when the shooting occurred around noon Saturday.

The girl, who was shot in the chest, remained hospitalised in critical but stable condition. She was shot with a 9 mm handgun, but authorities haven't said how the boy got hold of the weapon.

Authorities say the gun had been reported stolen in Alabama, and charges are pending against another adult. But they did not disclose further details.

Boy hospitalised after shooting self in face

Authorities say a 10-year-old boy has been hospitalised after accidentally shooting himself in the face with a gun he found while sitting in a car in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Police in Delaware County say the shooting was reported in Darby Township at about 10:20pm on Saturday.

Authorities said the boy and his sister had been dropped off by their mother at an auto repair business and were waiting for their father in the vehicle.

Chief Leonard McDevitt credited the first two responding officers with having saved the boy's life.

He told the Delaware County Daily Times that one drove to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital while the other performed CPR in the back seat.

Police said the boy was listed in guarded by stable condition early Sunday.

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