Deputies: Florida boy, 4, recovering after shooting himself
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Authorities say a 4-year-old Florida boy is expected to recover after he apparently accidentally shot himself in the stomach.
Pasco County Sheriff's spokeswoman Melanie Snow said in a news release that the shooting happened Wednesday night in a home in Zephyrhills, which is near Tampa on Florida's west coast.
The boy was flown to a hospital where he was listed in stable condition on Thursday morning.
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An investigation is underway.
Snow didn't say how the boy got the gun or where his parents were when he was shot.
No further details were immediately available.