5-year-old boy of Riverside County killed in accidental shooting

A 5-year-old boy of Riverside County was shot and killed in what authorities believe to be an accidental shooting yesterday evening.

In an effort to establish whether any foul play or negligence was involved, detectives and forensics investigators have spent over 12 hours in Riverside County. According to officials, the incident occurred at 5:21 p.m. Tuesday in the 31000 block of Wolfskill Avenue in the Nueva area of Riverside County.

Detectives will be interviewing the child’s family members to get to the bottom of how the shooting occurred.

The child was pronounced dead when detectives arrived at the scene.

– Antionette Latrese (@_ALatrese)