The Latest: Police arrest 2 after girl shoots self with gun
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Latest on two children who were fatally shot in separate incidents in Florida (all times local):
8:20 a.m.
Investigators in Florida say a 4-year-old girl in Palm Beach County died after shooting herself with a gun she apparently found under a bed in her home.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The girl died Sunday night following the shooting in Riviera Beach, which is near West Palm Beach. On Monday morning, investigators announced they've arrested a 16-year-old and the girl's uncle.
Police tell news outlets that the gun discharged while Amirra Jacques was playing with it about 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
Police say the teenager then discarded the firearm. The uncle, Nathaniel Lowe, is charged with culpable negligence, tampering with evidence, grand theft of a firearm and possession of a firearm as a felon.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The teen is charged with culpable negligence, tampering with evidence, perjury and grand theft of a firearm.
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6:51 a.m.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in Florida are investigating the fatal shootings of two young children on both sides of the state.
The shootings occurred Sunday at an apartment complex in Tampa and at a home in Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County.
Tampa police said in a news release that a 17-month-old child was shot at the Clipper Bay Apartments about 4:12 p.m. Sunday. The child later died. Investigators were interviewing family members late Sunday and said additional details wouldn't be available until Monday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Riviera Beach police spokeswoman Rose Ann Brown told local news outlets that several people, including the mother, were inside the home Sunday evening when the 4-year-old girl was fatally shot.
Brown says investigators questioned several people but that others left immediately after the shooting.
No further details were immediately available.