NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Metro Nashville Police Department officials say a 5-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself on Saturday, August 29, in Antioch.
According to the MNPD, the boy — identified as Matthew Munoz-Summers — got ahold of a pistol that was in his parent’s room, inside a drawer.
Police said the boy’s dad was downstairs watching television at the time while his mom was out running errands. He was rushed to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt where he died.
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