The death marks the second 11-year-old to be killed in a hunting accident within a week.
Officials with the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources told WDTV the boy was hunting with his father when he was fatally shot.
The shooting happened on Bear Mountain near the West Virginia-Virginia state line. Agencies from both states responded.The child’s identity has not yet been released., 11-year-old Easton Thom was shot when a 41-year-old man attempted to unload his firearm while it was placed in the back seat of a vehicle.Copyright 2022 WDTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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