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Girl Found Dead In Pueblo County Was Shot In Head

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - An 8-year-old Pueblo County girl found dead in a home with her wounded father was shot.

Coroner James Kramer said Tuesday that Desirea French was shot once in the head. Her grandfather found her and her father, 32-year-old John French Jr., when he returned to his home Sunday evening.

French was shot in the head and is the hospital in Pueblo. Sheriff's investigators have said they believe French was also shot.

Pueblo County sheriff's Capt. Jeff Teschner says there is a person of interest in the shootings, but investigators aren't releasing any more details now.

The Pueblo Chieftain reports that school officials sent a crisis response team Monday to the elementary school Desirea attended to work with students and teachers upset about her death.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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