Boy shot while family poses with illegal guns

 

Police on Wednesday investigated how a boy was shot in the face while his family posed for photos with illegal firearms in their southeastern Tennessee home.

The unidentified 13-year-old boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, police said.

The shooting occurred on Sunday night at a home in Harrison, Tennessee, about 20 miles east of Chattanooga, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department.

"The preliminary investigation has determined (he) was accidentally shot by a family member while posing for photographs with firearms," according to a news release, which said the weapons were illegally obtained.