Nodaway County– Officials say the infant was pronounced dead at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City just before noon on Monday.
Emergency responders were called to the scene after a 5-year-old found a loaded .22 caliber handgun and apparently was handling it when it fired.
The bullet struck the 9-month-old, who was in a playpen.
The sheriff says there is no reason to believe the tragedy was anything other than an accident.
