TIOGA-NICETOWN - Philadelphia police said a 10-year-old boy fatally shot himself in the head while he was home alone with his younger sister Saturday evening in Tioga-Nicetown.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 1400 block of West Pacific Street just before 6 p.m.
for reports of a child shot.Captain Lee Strollo told reporters that the gun was found by the children inside an unlocked cabinet.
The boy has fired the gun and struck himself once in the head, Strollo said.Police say a 10-year-old boy died after he shot himself in the head Saturday night in Nicetown-Tioga.