Boy, 10, killed during airgun game

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy has died from injuries apparently inflicted with his father’s airgun while playing aninnocent game of cowboys and Indians.

Tue, 29 Sep, 2009 - 01:00
Antony Stone

Rhys Johnson died within hours of undergoing an emergency operation on Sunday.

Shocked neighbour, Sonia Hixson, 76, said that she believed the schoolboy had apparently been shot twice.

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