An 8-year-old boy died Friday after he accidentally shot himself in the chest in Port Orange, police said. Port Orange police said the shooting was reported about 11:45 a.m. at a home on Hudson Lane. Claire Metz reports.

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An 8-year-old Port Orange boy is dead after police say he accidentally shot himself while at home with an older brother and a great-grandfather.Police said the child, who hasn't yet been identified, died about an hour after being rushed to the hospital from a home on Hudson Lane.The boy was in the kitchen, where he was apparently playing with a 9 millimeter handgun and it went off, hitting him in the chest. It's still unclear to whom the gun belongs, whether it was properly secured or how the boy got hold of it."We're going to investigate this and try to find out exactly what happened. Right now, our thoughts and our prayers go out to the child and his family,” Port Orange Police Chief Thomas Grimaldi told WESH 2.>>Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS and AndroidPolice say the 12-year-old did not witness the shooting but heard it and ran to get a neighbor who called 911, but it was the 12-year-old who performed CPR, trying to save his brother. A relative, who drove in from Jacksonville, said he learned life saving techniques from a firefighter cousin.WESH 2 News learned the great-grandfather, though in the house, is bedridden and was unable to help. Rescuers arrived and took over, but the boy later died. His mother, who wasn't at home at the time, was with her son at the hospital and, according to police, is cooperating with the investigation.Linnea Heddle, who lives two doors down told WESH 2 the family is amazing."They're wonderful, caring people. The kids are so well behaved. They’re just wonderful. This is horrible tragedy. It's horrible."14277264