An Illinois father has been charged after attempting to shoot a bird that flew into a building — only for the bullet to go through the animal and out a window before it fatally hit his teenage daughter, authorities said.

David Schultheis, 34, of Prairie Du Rocher, was trying to shoot a buzzard that had flown into a brick building on July 21 when the bullet pierced a window and struck his daughter, Emma Schultheis, just six days before she was due to turn 15, deputies said.

“Within minutes, emergency responders arrived on scene and immediately began life-saving efforts, including CPR,” the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.

Emma was rushed to a St. Louis-area hospital but was later pronounced dead. 4

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Investigators said Schultheis stuck only his arm into the

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