FREEPORT -- A 4-year-old boy went into surgery at a local hospital after being accidentally shot with a BB gun by his 14-year-old cousin, a news release from Walton County Sheriff’s Office said.
Police responded to a home on South Bay Grove Drive at about 3:30 p.m. A 4-year-old boy had been shot by his cousin with a Daisy Roger .177 caliber BB gun.
Catherine Rodriguez, Walton County spokeswoman, said the 14-year-old pumped the BB gun not seeing that the 4-year-old was standing 6 to 8 feet away. The boy was shot in the chest.
The shooting was an accident, Rodriguez said, and the cousin was “upset” at what had happened.
The condition of the child was not released as of Saturday night. The teenager was not arrested.