Funeral services set for teen who died of accidental gunshot

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - Funeral services are planned Wednesday in Meridian for a teenager who died from an accidental gunshot wound.

The Meridian Star reports (https://bit.ly/2i5hqga ) that 15-year-old Max Daniel Robinson, who is the son of a Lauderdale County sheriff’s deputy, died Saturday night.

Services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Robert Barham Family Funeral Home.

The newspaper reports that Robinson was a sophomore at Clarkdale High School, where he was a member of Future Farmers of America.

Authorities said Robinson was at his home Saturday evening with his family when the shotgun he and a friend were handling discharged.

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Information from: The Meridian Star, https://www.meridianstar.com