Toccoa teen accidentally shot by boyfriend

TOCCOA - A 14-year-old Toccoa girl was accidentally shot and killed by her boyfriend Friday night, police said. <br> <br> Brittany Turpin, a freshman at Stephens County High School, was killed by a single gunshot to the head from the .22-caliber rifle of a 14-year-old boy.<br> <br> The boy was working on the rifle at his kitchen table when the gun went off, authorities said. <br> <br> Police have not named the boy but said the shooting appears to have been accidental. <br> <br> The boy&#39;s family didn&#39;t have a phone and were forced to pound on a neighbor&#39;s door to call an ambulance. Authorities pronounced the girl dead on the scene.

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