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2-year-old Oregon boy dies after being shot

By Associated Press
Published: November 5, 2018, 9:50am

BAKER CITY, Ore. — Authorities say a 2-year-old boy has died after being shot in Baker City, Oregon.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that authorities responded to a home about 11:15 a.m. Sunday on the report of a toddler with a gunshot wound. He died of his injuries that afternoon at a Boise, Idaho, trauma center.

Police didn’t immediately release any details about the circumstances of the shooting. They said the Baker County Major Crime Team will keep investigating the incident.

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