GREENVILLE, S.C. — Investigators say a 2-year-old upstate South Carolina boy fatally shot himself after finding a gun.
Greenville County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Ryan Flood says the shooting happened Thursday afternoon near Greenville.
The coroner identifies the dead child as 2-year-old Kayden John Stuber.
Flood says deputies tried to aid the child before paramedics arrived. Stuber was pronounced dead while on the way to a hospital.
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office and Greenville County coroner are investigating.
The Greenville News reports an autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
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