FORT MEADE -- A girl is dead after being shot by her cousin.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office sid the shooting happened on 3rd Street SW.
The 10-year-old girl was shot by her 11-year-old male cousin who was visiting from Daytona Beach.
Investigators said the boy was playing with a gun when it went off, killing Miracle Johnson.
Johnson’s great-grandmother and another child were in the kitchen.
"When deputies arrived, she was clutching her child in her arms. The child was deceased as a result of a single gunshot wound," said Sheriff Grady Judd.
Several children were in the room when the gun went off.
Investigators are questioning the 11-year-old, as well as adults in the home.
They said it’s too early to tell if charges will be filed.
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