An 8-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a loaded gun left in a car while his mother was inside an Utah convenience store, police said.

The boy was alone in the car about 7:40 p.m. Monday in Lehi — a city about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City — when he shot himself in the head, Jeanteil Livingston with the Lehi City Police Department confirmed to CBS News. The incident occurred in a vehicle located in the parking lot of a Maverick gas station, police said.

The boy was taken to a local hospital in extremely critical condition. He was later airlifted to a hospital up north and died Tuesday morning, police said.

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    2 months ago

    I am going to guess that the loaded gun was in the car for “protection”. You know, against the rampant carjacking epidemic currently crippling Lehi, Utah. /s

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      2 months ago

      Ah, well at least the car wasn’t stolen. Gotta find those silver linings in every tragedy. (/s for the context-illiterate.)

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      yep, good thing the gun was there to keep her safe, i bet her son really appreciates that.

      God these news articles, and the insanity in the USA, makes me angry.

      In a woodworking group im part of, people show off their home made, wood gun racks, which are scary enough, but once in a while someone posts a picture of a full gun room, with hundereds of long arms on the walls. Often people say “i bet this guy is scared of nothin”

      This guy is fucking terrified. I always compare it to a fire extinguisher: You go to a friends house, and they have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen, they are sane.

      You go to a friends house, they have 6 fire extinguishers in every room, including the bathroom: they are terrified.