According to presstv: Jarvan Jackson succumbed to his wounds and died on Tuesday in an area hospital at the University of Florida in the city of Gainesville, local news outlets reported.
He was shot “accidentally” on Sunday at the Cedar Park Apartments complex in Lake City.
Police have started an investigation into the matter to determine whether the children had adequate adult supervision at home, as well as how the younger child got the gun.
The event marks the latest shooting incident in the United States involving children.
On May 4, a 6-year-old girl was shot in the chest with a handgun by her teenage brother in the US state of Florida.
On April 30, a 5-year-old Kentucky child fatally shot his 2-year-old sister in the chest while they were at home doing chores.
In early April, a 4-year-old New Jersey boy got a .22-caliber rifle from his family's home and shot and killed his 6-year-old friend.
On December 14, 2012, twenty children and six adult victims were fatally shot by a gunman -- who later killed himself -- at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in the town of Newtown in the US state of Connecticut. Earlier in the day, the assailant killed his mother in another location.
Every year, more than 30,000 people are shot dead in the US.
The US averages 87 gun deaths each day as a function of gun violence, with an average of 183 injured, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab and the Centers for Disease Control.
The year 2012 was a record setting year for gun sales in the US.
However, calls for stricter gun control measures are growing louder, and the most recent nationwide polls show that the majority of US citizens support a ban on assault weapons.
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