8-year-old boy hunting chipmunks accidentally shoots uncle
By FOX 5 NY Staff
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An eastern chipmunk. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File Photo)
MILTON, N.H. - An 8-year-old boy who was hunting chipmunks accidentally shot his 32-year-old uncle in the head, authorities in New Hampshire said.
Police officers and an ambulance crew responded to a report of an accidental shooting in Milton on Friday. The medics brought the wounded adult to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, where he was expected to recover, police said.
"It was determined that the nephew and the 32-year-old male were shooting chipmunks and the bullet ricocheted after killing the chipmunk and struck the 32-year-old uncle in the head," police said in a