A five-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed in St. Rose Saturday afternoon, St. Charles Parish Sheriff's officials say.
Just before 12:30 p.m., 911 received a call of a five-year-old shot at a residence in the 300 block of Mockingbird Lane.
"Deputies and EMS arrived on scene and located a child with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his head," according to a statement from the sheriff's office. "Ochsner Flight Care arrived and transported the child to University Medical Center where he succumbed to his injury."
Detectives say there was a family member in the home when the incident occurred and is cooperating with the investigation.
"Detectives are unsure of the exact circumstances that led to the shooting, but are utilizing all available resources to investigate this incident in order to determine what actually occurred," the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office asks that anyone with information about the incident to call Detective Sergeant Thomas Plaisance of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office at (985) 783-1135 or (985) 783-6807.
