SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A 9-year-old Brigham City boy is in stable condition after accidentally shooting himself in the head, Utah authorities said.
Brigham City Police Department responded to the call Thursday just after 5 p.m., authorities said.
The boy was taken to Brigham City Community Hospital, but was later transferred to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, authorities said.
An investigation is ongoing.
The accidental shooting occurred just hours after a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head while playing with a gun in his Murray home about 65 miles (105 kilometers) south of Brigham City, authorities in Utah said.
Police believe the 3-year-old boy was awake before his parents and another sibling and used a chair to reach a handgun that was sitting on a kitchen cabinet, officer Kenny Bass told the Deseret News.
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This story has been corrected to show both shootings happened on the same day
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