Fairbanks 5-year-old accidentally shoots 3-year-old sister
by Sam Friedman / sfriedman@newsminer.com
Sep 02, 2011 | 14144 views | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend | print
FAIRBANKS - Fairbanks police are investigating a report that a 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 3-year-old sister in the chest with a .357-caliber revolver Friday afternoon in an apartment on Peger Road.

The victim was in stable condition Friday evening and was flown to Anchorage, officer Alana Malloy said.

The girl’s parents drove her to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, where police were called at 2:42 p.m. The gun belonged to the children’s parents, and it was not immediately clear why the boy had access to it, Malloy said.

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