GRABILL, Ind. - An 8-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital after she was shot in the head with a BB gun has died, according to a report from WANE.

Authorities say Deborah Kay Schwartz of Grabill died at a local hospital after her 6-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the eye inside their home Thursday. 

The Allen County Coroner’s Office said Deborah died of a gunshot wound to the head, the county’s first homicide of 2018. 

The incident is still under invesigation.