Father accidentally shoots his 17-year-old daughter with gun

A Missouri teen who was accidentally shot by her father has died after being taken off of life support Christmas Eve. 

Kaitlyn Pullam, 17, was shot the night of December 21 at her Poplar Bluff, Missouri home, KFVS reported.  

Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs told the television station that Pullam's father thought the

gun was not loaded and it inadvertently went off.

She was found unresponsive in her bedroom with what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to her face, authorities said. 

According to KFVS, witnesses told police that another family member in the home was trying to unload a black powder rifle when it discharged and went through the wall, striking the girl. 

When authorities arrived at the scene, she did not have a pulse, but EMS personnel continued CPR on her, Dobbs said. 

Eventually she regained a pulse at Poplar Bluff hospital emergency room and was airlifted to St Louis Children's Hospital for further treatment. 

She remained in a coma there until her family removed her from life support Christmas Eve. 

KFVS reported that the teenager died Saturday around 4pm. 

Pastor David Steward of the First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff said that her family is moved by the community's support. 

'They just greatly appreciate everything that people have done,' Stewart told KFVS. 

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