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 discharged accidentally.
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00:00This property at Windellemar behind me was transformed into a crime scene yesterday after a nine-year-old boy was shot in the neck with a firearm.
00:10Police have told us they were called to the scene just before midday to reports that someone had been accidentally shot.
00:16When paramedics arrived on the scene, they treated a nine-year-old boy for a severe neck injury.
00:21However, he sadly died on the scene later.
00:24Police established a crime scene here yesterday afternoon and yesterday arrested two people and took them to Goulburn Police Station in relation to the incident.
00:32A 33-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy.
00:35The 33-year-old man was charged with allowing a person to possess a firearm and not keeping a firearm safely.
00:42The 14-year-old boy was charged with possessing an unauthorised firearm.
00:47Both were granted bail and will appear in court in May.