Williams County sheriff says teen killed in gun accident
BISMARCK (AP) — The Williams County Sheriff’s Department late Thursday reported that a 15-year-old boy died after apparently accidentally shooting himself.
Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of a gunshot wound found the boy’s body.
“Initial findings demonstrate that the wound was accidentally self-inflicted,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Authorities have transported his body to the North Dakota Medical Examiners Office for an autopsy.