9-year-old child fatally shoots 6-year-old in Florida home, deputies say

A 9-year-old child found a gun and fired a single shot inside a Florida home on Monday afternoon, killing a 6-year-old in the head, officials said. 

The children were inside a home on Shady Pine Street South along with an adult at the time of the deadly shooting, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief J.D. Stronko said during a news briefing. The victim was taken to a local hospital, but did not survive. 

Stronko would not disclose the relationship between the children and the victim has not been publicly identified.