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The Pasco County Sheriff's Office received a call about the
shooting at 6:19 p.m. local time in the city of Hudson, some 45
miles (72 km) north of Tampa, the office said in a statement.
The three brothers were squabbling over dinner, the statement
said, when the 13-year-old grabbed a handgun and shot his two
brothers before killing himself. The children were home alone at
the time.
The older brother was taken to a hospital and his injuries were
not considered life-threatening, the statement said. The names
of the children were not released by authorities.
"This is a horrific scene," Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco
Chris said, according to the Tampa Bay Times newspaper. "This is
a nightmare when you hear about the ages of these boys, a
6-year-old that was probably playing in his room, an argument
over food and he lost his life."
The Times said that the children's mother was at work and a
fourth son, who is 18-years-old, was not at the house.
Further details were not immediately available.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein; Writing by Curtis Skinner; Editing
by Michael Perry)
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