NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — 10-year-old Lathan Sweatt was shot in the head by a gun that his 14-year-old stepbrother found in the upstairs closet of their house.
According to investigators, the parents left the home to run an errand Sunday morning when Lathan, his stepbrother and his 12-year-old brother went upstairs to play a computer game.
The stepbrother retrieved a nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol stored at the top of an upstairs closet and was handling it when Lathan was shot.
Someone called 911 at 10:40 a.m., and Lathan was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital but died shortly after his arrival.
