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Nine-year-old boy dies after accidental shooting near Goulburn in rural NSW Teenager and man charged after nine-year-old boy dies in accidental shooting in rural NSW
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Paramedics treated child for serious neck injuries but he died at the scene, police sayParamedics treated child for serious neck injuries but he died at the scene, police say
A nine-year-old boy has died after he was accidentally shot on a property near Goulburn in New South Wales. A teenage boy and a man have been charged after a nine-year-old was killed when he was accidentally shot in the neck on a rural property.
Emergency services were called to a property in Windellama about 11.20am on Sunday by reports of a shooting, NSW police said. Emergency services were called to a property in Windellama, south of Goulburn in NSW, about 11.20am on Sunday by reports of a shooting, police said.
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When officers attached to the Hume police district arrived, they were told a nine-year-old boy had been injured after the accidental discharge of a firearm.When officers attached to the Hume police district arrived, they were told a nine-year-old boy had been injured after the accidental discharge of a firearm.
A police spokesperson said the child had been treated for serious neck injuries by NSW ambulance paramedics but he had died at the scene.A police spokesperson said the child had been treated for serious neck injuries by NSW ambulance paramedics but he had died at the scene.
Police have begun an investigation and will prepare a report for the coroner. Police set up a strike force to investigate and later arrested a 14-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man.
The teen was charged with possessing an unauthorised firearm, investigators said on Monday. He was granted conditional bail to appear at a children’s court on 16 May.
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The man was charged with allowing an unauthorised person to possess a firearm and failing to keep a firearm safely. He is due to appear before Goulburn local court on 14 May.