Five-year-old found weapon – shot himself

A five-year-old boy in Utah in the United States has died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found at home.

Police in Santaquin, south of Salt Lake City, tell KSL-TV that the boy found the gun 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. No crime is suspected.