Three-year-old shot in the head by six-year-old brother in Marion County

PRESS RELEASE

On June 8, at 8 p.m., Marion County Deputies were dispatched to a reported shooting on Ratliff Loop in the Expose Community.

Deputies arrived to find a three-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the head. The child was airlifted to UMMC in Jackson for treatment.

During the investigation, Investigators learned that the children were being cared for by their grandmother while their mother was working. The victim’s six-year-old brother came across a loaded firearm while looking for candy in the grandmother’s bedroom. While playing with the gun, the six-year-old unintentionally shot his sister. The victim is currently in ICU in critical condition.

“Tragic examples like this remind us the importance to secure firearms in the home and out of reach of children.”