Five-year-old found a weapon – shot himself

A five-year-old boy in Utah, USA, has died after accidentally shooting himself with a pistol he found at home.

The police in Santaquin, south of Salt Lake City, tell KSL-TV that the boy found the pistol and fired a shot that hit himself. Parents and siblings were at home but not in the same room as the boy.

The boy died on the spot, despite resuscitation attempts. There is no suspicion of a crime.