Boy Killed In Hunting Incident
- Publish date
- Monday, 12 Oct 2015, 10:52AM
An 11-year-old boy has been named as the person who died in a hunting incident in the Kaingaroa Forest on Sunday.
He was Connor Brian Phillips from Reporoa.
An adult member of the hunting party was unloading a firearm at the end of a hunt when the incident occurred, police said.
A post mortem would be carried out today.
A scene examination was conducted yesterday and police would be speaking to a number of people as part of the ongoing investigation.
No further comment would be made until the conclusion of the investigation, police said.
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- NZME.
