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Baby shot dead by five-year-old brother

Bullet struck 9-month-old in a playpen. (Facebook)

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A 9-month-old northwest Missouri boy is dead after being accidentally shot in the head by his 5-year-old brother.

Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White says the baby was pronounced dead at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City just before noon on Monday.

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The Kansas City Star  reports emergency responders were called to an Elmo home at 8:58 am on Monday after a 5-year-old found a loaded .22 caliber handgun and apparently was handling it when it fired.

White says the bullet struck the 9-month-old, who was in a playpen.

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The sheriff says there is no reason to believe the tragedy was anything other than an accident.