Boy, 3, finds dad's gun in family home in Hinckley, fatally shoots himself in head

A toddler found one of his father's guns in the family's home in Hinckley, Minn., and fatally shot himself in the head, according to court documents filed Thursday.

The gunfire occurred about 9 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 500 block of 1st Street SW., according to search warrant affidavits filed in Pine County District Court.

The court records identified the boy as 3-year-old Thomas Pauza-Moore. He died less than three weeks shy of his fourth birthday.

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