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DPD thinks fatal shooting was accidental

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DOUGLAS, GA (WALB) -

Douglas police don't believe a teenager who shot and killed himself at Coffee Regional Hospital meant to do it.

They think the shooting was an accident.

Police say about 8 o'clock last Thursday night, 16-year-old Dakota Porter pulled out a gun and ended up shooting himself in the head.

Six other people were in the hospital room at the time.

The victim was airlifted to a Savannah hospital where he died.

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