RURAL MAHASKA COUNTY – A young child is dead in Iowa due to an accidental gunshot, police say.
On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at approximately 2 PM, members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office and the Mahaska Health Hospital were dispatched to 2600 block of 250th Street, in rural Mahaska County, in reference to a subject suffering from a gunshot.
Upon deputies’ arrival, it was discovered that a 4-year-old boy had sustained a gunshot wound. Lifesaving efforts by deputies and paramedics were unsuccessful and the youth was pronounced dead at the scene.
The preliminary investigation indicated that this gunshot wound was the result of an accidental discharge. The investigation into this matter is continuing, police say.
The Sheriff’s Office is being assisted in this investigation by members of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations, the Iowa State Patrol, the Iowa State Medical examiner’s office and the Mahaska Health Ambulance Service.