Girl, 4, killed cousin with rifle found under grandfather’s bed

A 4-year-old girl accidentally shot her 4-year-old cousin to death with a loaded rifle that she found under a bed at their grandfather’s Detroit home, police said.

The girl was playing and watching TV on Thursday with the 4-year-old boy and his 5-year-old sister when she found the gun, police Sgt Michael Woody said. He said she picked up the weapon, pointed it at the boy and shot him once in the chest.

The boy was pronounced dead at hospital. A family friend was the only adult at the home at the time, and police say it wasn’t immediately known who owned the gun.