BAKER, LA (WAFB)- Investigators said a 12-year-old boy faces charges after accidentally shooting his 8-year-old brother Saturday.

It happened inside a home in the 400 block of Old Rafe Meyer Road near Baker.

The victim was shot in the shoulder and the injury is not considered life-threatening.

The 12-year-old found his grandfather's gun in a closet and accidentally fired it, according to EBRSO spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks.

The boy was taken to juvenile detention and charged with one count of negligent injuring.

Names will not be released, as both boys are juveniles.

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ZACHARY, LA (WAFB)- Three Zachary women are facing Medicaid fraud charges for allegedly filing false claims.

Frankie C. Hinton, 36, Bettie Hinton Lusk, 55, and Ferdonia L. Jones, 22, were arrested Wednesday.

According to the attorney general's office, the women submitted time sheets saying they were working as personal care attendants for Medicaid recipients at the same time they were actually working for another personal care services agency.

Hinton has been charged with two counts of Medicaid fraud, one count of filing or maintaining false public records and one count of cruelty to the infirmed.

Lusk and Jones have been charged with three counts of Medicaid fraud.

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