Staff Reports

An 8-year-old boy died Saturday afternoon from a single gunshot wound following an accidental discharge of a revolver by his brother at their residence in northern Bossier Parish.

Just before 3 p.m. Saturday, Bossier Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the residence at the 200 block of Retha Lane off of Old Plain Dealing Road, just north of Benton to investigate a shooting incident involving a young boy. The boy, Nathan Majors, was home alone with his 11-year-old brother when the two found a loaded .38 caliber revolver in the house. The older brother accidently discharged the revolver shooting Majors. He was taken to University Health in Shreveport, where he was pronounced deceased from a single gunshot wound.

Bossier Sheriff’s Office deputies have determined the shooting to be accidental, but they will continue with their investigation.