A 13-year-old girl has died after authorities say she was shot Saturday by her 9-year-old brother, local media reported.
Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell said the girl would not give up a video game controller when her brother wanted it.
Cantrell said she was shot in the back of the head, and that the bullet went through her brain. The girl was rushed to Le Bonheur's Children's Hospital in Memphis. Cantrell said late Sunday that she died of her injuries, WLOV-TV and other media reported.
Authorities don't yet know how the child had access to the weapon they say he used to shoot his sister.
It's also unclear how much knowledge the boy had of the dangers of guns.
Well he knew enough to point and shoot, and that is what makes guns so fucking dangerous.
This cannot be blamed on video games, or violent television shows, this happened because somebody in these children's lives did not understand the concept of gun safety and did not put this weapon in a secure location where the children could not access it.
So once again the gun that was purchased to keep people safe, ended up taking another innocent life.
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