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Michigan police say 4-year-old fatally shot by pellet gun

The child was shot Friday evening at a home in rural Blendon Township, which is south of Allendale, but Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office provided few details. (WJXT)

BLENDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 4-year-old child has died after being accidentally shot with a pellet gun in western Michigan’s Ottawa County, police said.

The child was shot Friday evening at a home in rural Blendon Township, which is south of Allendale, but Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office provided few details.

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Emergency workers began treating the child at the home, the sheriff’s office said. The child was taken to a Grand Rapids hospital but did not survive.

Officials didn’t immediately release the child’s name or gender. Information on what led up to the child being shot wasn’t immediately available Saturday.

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