4-year-old in critical condition after shooting himself in mouth

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A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in the mouth Tuesday afternoon, St. Louis police said.

The child was also struck in the hand by the same bullet, police said. The shooting happened about 4 p.m. in the 4600 block of Pope Avenue, police said. The site is in the O’Fallon neighborhood near the intersection of Interstate 70 and Florissant Avenue.

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