An 11-year-old girl in Indiana accidentally shot her 14-year-old sister in the head with a shotgun while “playing CSI,” authorities said Sunday [September 26].
The incident occurred Saturday morning while the two siblings were home alone, according to the Logansport Pharos-Tribune.
The older sibling survived and is hospitalized, but her condition was not released.
Authorities are still investigating exactly what happened, but told the newspaper they don’t believe the shooting was intentional.
The sisters were in separate rooms when the shotgun fired, according to Cass County conservation officer Brenda Louthain, who investigated the shooting.
The pellets from the “20-gauge shotgun” passed through a door jam before striking the 14-year-old, she told the Logansport Pharos-Tribune. This likely caused the injuries to be less severe.
The 11-year-old told police she was mimicking the crime scene investigation TV series when the gun went off.
The names of the two girls were not released, and the incident is still under investigation.
Imagine that. Someone asked what was an 11 yr old doing watching CSI….man I do believe we have a dumb un!!!
Too much damn tv they watching…what an 11 year old doing watching csi..she should be watching disney channel
CIS gets kids interested into forensics, being a police officer/detective what does disney teach how to look cute how to live a double life (hanah montana) smh the real ques shud be why is a 20 gage in reach or access by an 11 year old none the less why was there ammunition why wasnt the saftey on
WTF???