UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE SAID A THREE-YEAR OLD BOY GOT HOLD OF A SMALL HANDGUN AND SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE, THURSDAY NIGHT AT 776 WINDSWEEP FARM ROAD. HE WAS TREATED AT THE URMC ER, THEN TRANSPORTED TO SCOTTISH RITE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA AND SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY. SHERIFF KILGORE TOLD 101 NEWS THE CHILD, BRYCE RAYBON, APPARENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A LIFE-THREANING GUNSHOT WOUND. HE SAID THE ROUND APPEARS TO HAVE ENTERED THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND LODGED IN HIS CHEEK, JUST UNDER HIS EAR.
HIS PARENTS, CHASITY AND KENNY RAYBON WERE GRILLING OUT WITH HER BROTHER AUSTIN BELL AT HIS HOUSE AND SHE WAS OUTSIDE ON THE DECK AND HEARD A LOUD POP FROM INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. AN OLDER SON CAME RUNNING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND YELLED BRYCE HAD SHOT HIMSELF. THE RAYBON'S TRANSPORTED THE CHILD TO THE E.R. IN THEIR PRIVATE VEHICLE. THE OWNER OF THE RESIDENCE, AUSTIN BELL TOLD DEPUTIES HE KEEPS A 380 CALIBER PISTOL KELTEC PISTOL IN A DRAWER BESIDE HIS BED.
SHERIFF KILGORE REPORTED THAT THE BOY ENTERED THE BEDROOM THROUGH A CLOSED DOOR AND TOOK THE PISTOL FROM A CLOSED DRAWER. HIS OFFICE CONFERRED WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF ADDED AT THIS TIME NO CHARGES ARE PLANNED IN THE CASE.
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