{"id":53141,"date":"2025-01-06T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=53141"},"modified":"2025-01-06T16:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:24:54","slug":"a-6-year-old-boy-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-the-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/01\/06\/a-6-year-old-boy-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-the-head\/","title":{"rendered":"A 6-year-old boy accidentally shoots himself in the head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 6-year-old boy is in critical condition after police say he found a gun and accidentally shot himself in the head on Sunday afternoon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"8b7c6a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images-1.webp?resize=299%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53142 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8b7c6a; 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