Authorities say an East Texas woman was fatally shot after an 8-year-old boy picked up a rifle and it accidentally discharged at a home.
Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said the boy picked up a rifle while in a room with the woman's husband, who was cleaning weapons Saturday.
The bullet hit 23-year-old Carmen Danielle Morris in the head. She was in another room.
The Elkhart woman died Sunday at the hospital.
Taylor said the boy was a relative of Morris' husband but was not the couple's child.
Taylor said it's believed that it was a tragic accident.
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