Bullet points of 8-year-old Utah boy dies after shooting himself in car while mother was inside convenience store
- An 8-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head while alone in a car in Lehi, Utah, and later died at a hospital.
- The shooting occurred when the boy found a gun under the seat, according to the mother.
- The incident is the second in Utah in less than two weeks, following a similar accident in Santaquin that killed a 5-year-old boy.
- Utah does not have laws requiring gun owners to secure firearms when they are not in use or to store them in a certain way.
- The state also does not require locking devices to be sold with firearms.
- The shooting is the latest in a series of incidents involving children and firearms in the United States.
- Police are still investigating the incident and have not released further information.
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