SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — (AP) — Authorities said a 5-year-old South Carolina girl has died after being wounded in a shooting.
News outlets report that Summerville police were called to a subdivision at around 10 p.m. Thursday night after multiple neighbors reported hearing gunshots. Police said officers found a child wounded inside a home.
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Dorchester County Coroner Paul Brouthers told news outlets that the girl was taken to a hospital but later died.
Police didn’t comment further on the circumstances surrounding the shooting or say whether they were investigating it as an accident or a homicide.
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