3-year-old girl fatally shot by 5-year-old in Minnesota

A 3-year-old girl was fatally shot by a 5-year-old in Minnesota.

A 3-year-old girl was fatally shot by a 5-year-old boy in a home in Bena, Minnesota, early Friday, officials said. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an accidental shooting around 3:50 a.m. When deputies responded they learned the little girl “had been shot by accidental gunfire” by the boy, Sheriff Tom Burch said in a news release. She was transported to the Deer River hospital by family members and intercepted by the Deer River Ambulance and lifesaving efforts were attempted on the child.