The Cumberland County coroner said a bullet had been left in the gun before Tuesday's shooting.

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Little Caroline Starks died Tuesday in Burkesville, in southern Kentucky, according to Cumberland County Coroner Gary White.

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He is scheduled for a hearing Monday morning at Cumberland County Courthouse, according to Stephen McClausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police.

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Then in September of last year, Wells Fargo began the process of foreclosing on his trailer home, according to Cumberland County, N.

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Her family kept the Crickett rifle in what they considered to be a safe spot, Cumberland County Coroner Gary White told the CNN affiliate.

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"It's a normal way of life, and it's not just rural Kentucky, it's rural America - hunting and shooting and sport fishing, " said Cumberland County Judge John Phelps.

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The ruling by Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks, the first under the state's controversial Racial Justice Act, means that 38-year-old Marcus Robinson now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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The children's mother was home at the time of the shooting Tuesday afternoon but had stepped out to the front porch for a few minutes and "she heard the gun go off, " Cumberland County Coroner Gary White said.

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