STONY POINT, N.C. — Police in North Carolina say that an 8-year-old child has died after being struck in the chest by “a single shot from a BB or pellet gun.”

The Hickory Daily Record reports that the incident occurred Sunday near a family’s home in Stony Point.

The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the shooting appears to be accidental.

Initial findings from the investigation indicate that two juveniles, ages 8 and 7, were shooting a BB gun and a pellet rifle at targets when the 8-year-old was struck.

The child was being transferred to a hospital in Winston-Salem when the child went into cardiac. The child later died.

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