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Boy returns home after last month's accidental shooting

By Scott Harvey

Savoy – A homecoming reception was held Saturday in Savoy for 13-year-old Dayton Daniel, who was accidentally shot by his brother last month.

Authorities say Dayton was passing through the hallway at his house when a gun in another room was accidentally discharged, sending pieces of the buckshot into his stomach and hand. Dayton's 16-year-old brother was cleaning the gun in his bedroom, when it accidentally fired.

Dayton underwent several surgeries at Parkland Hospital in Dallas before returning home this weekend, and will likely need several more surgeries over the summer.