4-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot Inside a St. Louis House After Children Were Left Alone

ST. LOUIS—A 4-year-old girl died from a gunshot wound suffered inside a St. Louis home after the mother went to the store and left four kids alone, police said. Officers were called to the home by a child late Monday night and found the wounded child unconscious and barely breathing. The 4-year-old was rushed in a police SUV to a hospital, where she died. Four children—a 10-year-old, 9-year-old, the victim and her 4-year-old twin — were in the house with no adults present, police spokesperson Mitch McCoy said during a news conference on Tuesday. The child was accidentally shot by a sibling, McCoy said. Police have not released the age of the child who fired the gun....