He was pronounced dead by hospital staff shortly after his arrival, coroner Sabrina Gast said.
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Police in York County are investigating a deadly shooting.
NBC Charlotte learned that Barrow accidentally shot himself while he was playing with a gun.
Bollinger said investigators were looking into possible charges in Sunday’s shooting.
Another friend and neighbor said the boy’s father raced home after learning something happened. Her neighbors will deal with the tragedy for years to come.
Authorities believe it was his parents’ gun but aren’t sure, at this point, where it was kept in the house or how the boy was able to get it.
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Police said they are also waiting on toxicology results to see if the mother may have been impaired at the time. A 2-year-old boy found a gun in his great-aunt’s auto in October and fired the weapon into a seat, wounding his grandmother.
