Two charged after boy killed in accidental shooting on rural NSW property

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A man and a teenage boy have been charged after a nine-year-old boy was killed in an accidental shooting incident. Paramedics tried to treat the boy at a property in Windellama, near Goulburn, but he died at the scene.

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00:00The property at Windelmer, about 30 minutes drive southeast of Goulburn, remained cordoned

00:08off this morning. The local community is still in shock.

00:12When I heard the news, this tragic news, that I'm just like everybody else in the community,

00:17that I was distraught, I was horrified that such an incident could happen in this day

00:22and age.

00:23Emergency services were called to the property at around 11.20am on Sunday following the

00:29shooting.

00:30Police were told the nine-year-old had been injured after the accidental discharge of

00:34a firearm. Paramedics treated the boy for serious neck injuries, but he died at the scene.

00:40A 33-year-old man arrested at the property was charged with allowing an unauthorised person

00:45to possess a firearm and not keeping a firearm safely. Police also arrested a 14-year-old

00:52boy who's been charged with possessing an unauthorised firearm. Investigators say the

00:57family is from Sydney. Neighbours told the ABC the property was purchased a few years

01:02ago as a weekender. Authorities say the incident is a sad reminder of the need for vigilance

01:08on firearm safety.

01:10To make sure that the gun is secure, to make sure that the ammunition is secure, because

01:15nobody wants to have to live through a tragedy like this.

01:17The 33-year-old man will face Goulburn local court on May 14, while the teenage boy who's

01:23on conditional bail will face the children's court two days later.

01:27Police will prepare a report for the coroner.

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