MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — Police in southwest Idaho say a 2-year-old boy has been accidentally shot in the head with a flare gun by his 4-year-old brother in the backyard of a home. Meridian Police Department Deputy Chief Tracy Basterrechea says authorities responded at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and transported the child to a hospital. Police say the extent of the injury to the child is unknown. Police say the children were in the care of a related adult at the time of the accident.

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