Five-year-old boy accidentally kills sister with his own rifle

By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) – A 2-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother with a rifle he received as a birthday gift, Kentucky authorities said on Wednesday. The shooting occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Burkesville, Kentucky, a community in the south-central part of the state, when the boy was playing with the .22-caliber rifle and accidentally shot his sister in the chest, state police said. The boy had received the Crickett "youth model" gun for his birthday in November, Cumberland County Coroner Gary White said. …