More of the weekly examples of children paying the cost of easy access to guns in America.

From the Press-Enterprise:

Banning police arrested a 15-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting his 12-year-old relative in the head Sunday night.

Police said the boy had accidentally fired a gun in the home in the 1500 block of East Jacinto Avenue shortly before 10 p.m., Banning police Lt. Mike West said.

The boy was holding the gun when it went off and the bullet shot through a wall, hitting the 12-year-old girl in the head, West said. When police arrived, the girl was still conscious and was able to tell police she had been shot.

"All indications show it was an accidental shooting," West said.

The bullet lodged in the girl's brain, and surgery will be performed at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley. Surgeons have to wait for swelling to subside on her brain before they can operate.

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