DAWSONVILLE (AP) — Authorities in Dawsonville say an 11-year-old boy died after a gun accidentally discharged while he was hunting with his grandfather.
Dawson County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Johnny Holtzclaw said the shooting happened just before 6 p.m. Friday at the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area.
Holtzclaw said the boy died of injuries from a single gunshot wound late Friday at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.
Dawson County authorities did not immediately release the names of the boy or his grandfather.
State News
October 10, 2009
11-year-old dies in hunting accident
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