A man and a teenager have been charged over the fatal shooting of a boy on a property in Goulburn, south of Sydney. The nine-year-old was killed after being hit in the neck when a firearm went off accidentally. An investigation is ongoing, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.
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00:00After a police investigation into the tragic death of a nine-year-old boy, two people have
00:07been charged, including a 33-year-old man and a 14-year-old child. Now the 14-year-old boy has
00:14been charged with possess unauthorized firearm and the 33-year-old has been charged with allow
00:19unauthorized person to possess firearm and not keep firearms safely. Now this all comes after
00:26emergency services were called to a property in Windelemar near Goulburn in southern New South
00:31Wales at around 11.20am yesterday morning. Now police say they were told that a young boy had
00:38been injured, the nine-year-old, after a firearm had accidentally been discharged and when paramedics
00:44arrived at the scene they found the nine-year-old suffering serious neck injuries and while they
00:49tried to save him he died at the property. The police are preparing a report for the coroner.
00:56here.