Six-year-old boy dies after neighbour, four, shoots him in the head with .22-calibre rifle as they played outside their homes
A boy aged just six who was accidentally shot in the head by a four-year-old neighbour playing with a rifle in the street outside their homes has died of his wounds. Brandon Holt, from Toms River, New Jersey, was pronounced dead at 5pm yesterday, less than 24 hours after he was shot in the head with a .22-calibre rifle. He had been rushed to hospital on Monday in a serious condition after his four-year-old neighbour, whose name has not been released, took the gun from his home and fired it accidentally. Tragic: The father of the 6-year-old victim, Brandon Holt, who was shot in the head by a 4-year-old neighbour, pictured after the shooting but before the youngster passed away yesterday evening Brandon, who was about 15 yards away from the younger boy at the time, was rushed to hospital in a serious condition after the shooter's mother called 911. The younger child was not hurt. Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, speaking earlier yesterday at a news conference, said the boy got the .