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GROVETOWN, Ga. (WJBF) – NewsChannel 6 has learned that a 4-year-old girl has died, one month after accidentally shooting herself with her father’s handgun.

On May 29, Grovetown investigators say 24-year-old Daveon Daniels told them he put a loaded machine gun on the floor of his apartment, while he went downstairs to take a phone call.

Not long after that, he heard a gun shot. He ran upstairs to find his 4-year-old daughter, Phoenix Daniels, with a gunshot wound to the head. 

Read Related Also: Mom accused of leaving child during vacation faces judge

The police chief says the machine gun was illegally modified. 

Daniels is charged with Cruelty to Children 2nd degree and Possession of a Machine Gun.

Upgraded charges could be forthcoming with the death of 4-year-old Phoenix.

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