according to a news release , four children had been left in a vehicle while their mother and step - father went inside a business to pay a bill .
share by news sentinel staff a 7 - year - old boy was flown to a knoxville hospital monday after being shot in the head by another child in what crossville , tenn. authorities say appears to have been an accident .
update : ( crossville ) the 7 - year - old boy accidentally shot in the head monday by one of his siblings has died , according to crossville police .
previous story : a 7 - year - old boy was accidentally shot in the head by one of his siblings after their parents left them unattended in a car monday afternoon , according to the crossville police department .
the shooting happened monday afternoon as four children sat in a vehicle outside a verizon store in crossville police department .
the cumberland county district attorney general"s office and the department of children 's services are involved in the investigation .
he was taken to a knoxville area trauma hospital .
one of the children found a loaded gun in the mother 's purse .
when the child tried to remove the magazine , the firearm discharged and struck the 7 - year - old male victim .