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A child has died after an accidental shooting at a home on Forest Hill Road in Temple. Maine State Police believe that the child died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, spokesperson Shannon Moss said. Other family members were in the home at the time. An autopsy will be performed on...

Police are investigating after a child in the town of Temple died of an accidental shooting. Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss says the Maine State Police Department's Major Crimes Unit assisted the Franklin County Sheriff's Office with the investigation of the shooting that happened on Forest Hill Road in Temple. After conducting interviews of people who were in the house and the collection of evidence, it was determined that the child died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officials say there were other family members in the home when the gun went off.

According to the Kennebec Journal, police responded to a call Thursday afternoon on Forest Hill Road in Temple to reports of a child with a gunshot wound. According to reports the gunshot wound is being described as accidental by both authorities and other residents that were home at the time. Police were on scene well into the evening as they continued to investigate and gather info from the incident.

TEMPLE, Maine — An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Friday into the shooting death of a child in Maine, police said. A Major Crimes Unit first responded Thursday afternoon to a home on Forest Hill Road in the Franklin County Town of Temple for what was initially called "an incident."

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TEMPLE — The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit was called to assist the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office with an accidental shooting involving a child at a home on Forest Hill Road in Temple. According to public safety spokesperson Shannon Moss, after conducting interviews and collecting evidence, state police believe...

TEMPLE, Maine (AP) Police in Maine are investigating the death of a four-year-old in Maine who they say died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. The shooting happened on Thursday in Temple. Police say other family members were in the house at the time of the shooting. They said an...

TEMPLE, Maine — State police are investigating the death of a child in Temple Thursday. According to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss, officials responded to a home on Forest Hill Road. After conducting interviews and collecting evidence, Moss said police believe the child died from an accidental...

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TEMPLE (WGME) – A young boy has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Temple. Neighbors say they started to see police coming up to the house on Forest Hill Road in Temple at around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Maine State Police say their Major Crimes Unit was called to assist...

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The happened on forest hill road. Temple is the town west of Farmington. Police officials do not yet know exactly what happened.