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8-year-old dies after 5-year-old shoots him

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ATLANTA - An 8-year-old boy was killed Monday by his 5-year-old brother, who found a handgun at a southwest Atlanta home they were visiting with their mother.

Shortly after 10 a.m., the boys were in a room unsupervised and began playing with the handgun, said Atlanta police Sgt. Kevin Iosty.

He said the gun accidentally discharged, striking the 8-year-old in the chest.

The boy died at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Police have not released any names.

The owner of the loaded gun might face charges.

Boy who was bullied, struck back faces jail

ATLANTA - A 13-year-old Clayton County boy who said he was bullied for more than two years will be sentenced Wednesday for striking back at one of his classmates.

At his Jonesboro middle school, Daryl Gray says he has been hit, called gay and even had his shoes urinated on in the restroom.

In March, Daryl, who had not been in trouble before, struck another boy in the face with a pencil.

The boy was seriously injured and has been left permanently scarred.

On April 9, a juvenile court judge found Daryl guilty of aggravated battery.

He faces up to five years in jail.

Plane crash-lands; pilot goes to hospital

ATLANTA - A pilot was brought to Gwinnett Medical Center after his small plane crash-landed near the Barrow County airport.

Residents near the airport reported hearing an engine sputtering at about 10:30 Sunday night.

A search team found the wreckage about two miles from the airport around 12:30 a.m. Monday, Barrow County Fire Chief Mitch Kitchens said.

The cause of the crash was unknown.

Streetcar may connect Buckhead to downtown

ATLANTA - Three special taxing districts in Atlanta are looking at the possibility of establishing a streetcar line that would connect downtown to Buckhead.

The Downtown Improvement District, Midtown Alliance and the Buckhead Community Improvement District have committed $75,000 toward a study of a proposed streetcar that would travel along Peachtree Street.

The study was launched earlier this year by a private nonprofit organization, Peachtree Streetcar Inc.

--From the Tuesday, May 4, 2004 printed edition of the Augusta Chronicle