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A horrible accident has left a nine-year-old boy dead after police say he was shot and killed by his older brother in Wayne County Wednesday afternoon.

State Police say Malcolm Pennycuff was accidentally shot and killed by his 11-year-old brother in their home on Old Bethel Church Road just outside of Monticello. Troopers say the 11-year-old son told his father he had accidentally shot his little brother in the neck with a rifle.

Friends of the family say the injured boy was taken to the Wayne County Hospital where he later died.

State Police have opened an investigation, but they suspect it was all an accident.

An autopsy is expected sometime Thursday.