Police: 2-year-old Corbin boy shot in head by 3-year-old dies

CORBIN, Ky. (WTVQ)

9/8/23, 1:58 p.m.

More details are being released following a shooting that left 2-year-old Milo dead.

Whitley County Sheriff Bill Elliotte says the child who shot Milo is 3 years old.

The 3-year-old apparently got access to a handgun that was on top of a refrigerator inside the home.

“It’s our belief right now that the gun was on top of a refrigerator, and the child had crawled on a stool and a cabinet, and was able to retrieve the firearm,” Elliotte told the Associated Press.

The sheriff made a plea to parents to lock up their firearms to keep them out of the hands of children.

Elliotte said his office would investigate the death and submit findings to the Whitley County prosecutor’s office, which would decide whether any charges should be filed.

9/8/23, 8:25 a.m.

The 2-year-old who was fatally shot by another child has been identified as Milo Brooks.

Brooks was accidentally shot one time in the head by another child in the home after that child got access to a gun, the sheriff’s department said.

The incident happened around 10 a.m.

9/7/23

A 2-year-old Whitley County boy died Thursday after being shot in the head by another child who got access to a gun, police told ABC 36.

The incident happened on Martin Road in Corbin this morning.

Corbin firefighters responded to the scene and gave aid to the child, according to the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department.

The 2-year-old was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

No other information was released.