A 7-year-old child was shot in the buttocks after a group of children found a gun inside a backpack in the woods, according to Rutherford County Sheriff's deputies. Deputies said on Wednesday at 3:47 p.m. they responded to a gunshot wound on Helen's Lane. They said they found the child with a gunshot wound to the buttocks. The victim was taken to Spartanburg Regional Hospital by Rutherford County EMS. Deputies said the child, two family members and a neighbor found a backpack in the woods with a gun inside. They said one of the children pulled the gun out and the victim was accidentally shot.

A 7-year-old child was shot in the buttocks after a group of children found a gun inside a backpack in the woods, according to Rutherford County Sheriff's deputies.

Deputies said on Wednesday at 3:47 p.m. they responded to a gunshot wound on Helen's Lane.


They said they found the child with a gunshot wound to the buttocks.

The victim was taken to Spartanburg Regional Hospital by Rutherford County EMS.

Deputies said the child, two family members and a neighbor found a backpack in the woods with a gun inside.

They said one of the children pulled the gun out and the victim was accidentally shot.



