South Carolina toddler fatally shoots himself after finding gun

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Investigators say a 2-year-old upstate South Carolina boy fatally shot himself after finding a gun.

Greenville County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Ryan Flood says the shooting happened Thursday afternoon near Greenville.

The coroner identifies the dead child as 2-year-old Kayden John Stuber.

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office and Greenville County coroner are investigating.

Flood says deputies tried to aid the child before paramedics arrived. Stuber was pronounced dead while on the way to a hospital.

The Greenville News reports an autopsy is scheduled for Friday.