10-Year-Old Shot Dead on Thanksgiving—Allegedly by Dad

A 10-year-old boy was shot dead in front of his Omaha, Nebraska, home on Thursday night—allegedly by his own father.

Police say they responded to the home shortly before midnight and found a boy “suffering from a gunshot wound.” The boy, identified as Kendrick McDonald, was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries, the Omaha Police Department said in a statement.

The boy’s 47-year-old father, Will McDonald, faces a charge of criminal homicide and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, according to police. The circumstances surrounding the shooting are unclear, but in comments to the Omaha World Herald, Capt. Jeremy Christensen admitted that investigators still had a lot of unanswered questions.

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