Sister kills brother in family gun tragedy

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl shot her six-year-old brother dead while the two played with a .45-calibre handgun owned

Mon, 06 Jan, 2003 - 00:00

their adult brother, Canadian police said yesterday.

The incident happened in Mississauga, Ontario, Saturday afternoon when the two young children were playing in a bedroom where they discovered the high-powered, semi-automatic pistol.

The girl pointed the gun at her brother and shot him, police said.

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