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    Nine-year-old recovering from gunshot wound in Martinsville

    By Rhian Lowndes,

    22 days ago

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    MARTINSVILLE, Va. ( WFXR ) – Henry County Sheriff’s Office says a nine-year-old girl is recovering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Just before 11 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to Preston Scales Road.

    They found the girl with a gunshot wound to her right leg just above her ankle and performed first aid until she was airlifted to a medical facility.

    Standoff ends with man dead by gunshot in Bedford County

    During their investigation, the girl’s brother, 19-year-old Kevon Smith Hairston, told deputies that he left a loaded firearm on the bed and another child accidentally fired it.

    Hairston is charged with Felony Child Endangerment and Reckless Handling of a Firearm.

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