Crime & Safety
Investigation Into Child's Shooting Death Continues
Tmorej Smith died Friday night from gunshot wound to the head.
Greenville Police continue to investigate a Friday night shooting that left a three-year-old boy dead, the Greenville News reported (subscription required).
Tmorej Smith was killed by a single gunshot to the head while at his apartment home at Plantations at Haywood on Haywood Road, Greenville County Deputy Coroner Jeff Fowler said.
Fowler ruled the death accidental. But Greenville Police have so far not divulged the events leading to the death and how it happened. Police department spokesman Johnathan Bragg said more details might be forthcoming on Monday.
The boy reportedly was living in a two-bedroom apartment with his parents, grandparents, and an older sister, the paper said. The parents were not home at the time of the incident. The report said that the boy was shot in one of the bedrooms and that the grandparents were in the living room when the gun went off.
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