Sheriff: LeFlore County Teen Dies Following Accidental Shooting

A LeFlore County teenager taken to a Tulsa hospital after she was accidentally shot in the head Sunday afternoon has died, according to the sheriff's office.

KFSM TV, the CBS affiliate in Fort Smith, reports Saylor Slone Martine, 15, died after arriving at a Tulsa hospital.

The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. at a home in the community of Tucker.  Tucker is located east of Spiro.

LeFlore County Sheriff Rob Seale says a .38-caliber handgun discharged inside the home.  He says no one was touching the gun when it went off.

Seale says the gun belongs to the teen's parents.

The teen was flown by medical helicopter to a Tulsa hospital.