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Teenager and man charged after nine-year-old boy dies in accidental shooting in rural NSW


Paramedics treated child for serious neck injuries but he died at the scene, police say

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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, south of Goulburn in NSW, about 11.20am on Sunday by reports of a shooting, police said.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/13/nine-year-old-boy-dies-after-accidental-shooting-near-goulburn-in-rural-nsw

Author : Lisa Cox and Australian Associated Press

Publish date : 2025-04-14 01:43:00

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