Boy shot, dies after kids play with gun on remote Manitoba First Nation: RCMP
GARDEN HILL FIRST NATION, Man. — RCMP say an 11-year-old boy from a remote First Nation in northern Manitoba was killed when several kids were playing with a gun they found.
Officers in Garden Hill First Nation, a fly-in community of around 5,000 residents about 600 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, say they received a call Tuesday evening reporting a boy had been shot.
They say two 11-year-olds and a 12-year-old had been playing in a home when they found a gun.
“During the handling of this firearm by the 12-year-old, it discharged and struck the 11-year-old victim,” RCMP said in a release Thursday.