4-Year-Old Near Death After Gun Accident, 1951

“Boy Accidentally Shot in Head,” from the Statesville Landmark, May 3, 1951

Bryson City, May 2—A 4-year-old Swain County child is near death today with a 22 caliber bullet in his brain. Police reports that the boy, Harold Laws, was wounded yesterday when he was struck by a bullet from a gun that was accidentally discharged.