8-Year-Old Utah Boy Dies After Shooting Himself in Car While Mother Was Inside Convenience Store

LEHI, Utah—An 8-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a loaded gun left in a car while his mother was inside a Utah convenience store, police said. The boy was alone in the car about 7:40 p.m. Monday in Lehi—a city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City—when he shot himself in the head, Jeanteil Livingston with the Lehi City Police Department told KSL-TV. The boy died at a hospital on Tuesday morning, police said. The shooting appeared to be “unintentional and self-inflicted,” police said in a statement. The gun was under a seat in the car, Livingston said. Investigators do not know if the safety was ever on, she said....