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Connecticut: 7-year-old accidentally shoots neighbour, 52

Police have not said how the boy came into possession of his neighbour’s gun.

CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE say a 7-year-old boy accidentally shot his adult neighbour in the chest using the man’s own handgun.

Police say 52-year-old Anthony Joseph Delucia’s gunshot wound is not life-threatening.

He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, where he was in stable condition.

Authorities have not said how the boy got ahold of the gun or what led to Friday’s shooting in Prospect, outside Waterbury.

State police continue to investigate.

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