SANTO DOMINGO, March 28, 2026 (EFE).– A minor 11 years old killed his brother 7 years old at the time of accidentally shooting him with a homemade firearmreported today Saturday the National Policewhich together with the Public Ministry investigate the facts.
The double family tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon, Friday, in an area of Boca Chicaeastern municipality of Saint Dominicas reported by the National Police in a statement.
According to the preliminary report, the youngest The 11-year-old brought home a homemade firearm that he found shortly before in a nearby field.
Accidentally kills his brother
Research indicates that the manslaughter It happened in one of the rooms of the house, under circumstances that are being investigated.
The children’s mother He told the authorities that they were in the house when he heard a detonationny that, after seeing the injured minorthey took him immediately to a health center, where he died.
After the event, an older brother17 years old, threw the firearm through a window towards the back of the house.
Authorities recovered the weapon there. According to the report, it contained a 12 gauge cartridge already fired.
According to the Dominican newspaper El Día, the tragedy occurred in sector The Little Tanks and the minor found the weapon, known as “chagon”when he took care of goats in a lot abandoned near his home.
While the medical staff treated him, the child died due to a contact wound to the neck caused by shotaccording to the medical diagnosis and the record of the body’s removal carried out at the Andrés Municipal Hospital, El Día stated.
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