11-year-old shot and killed in hunting accident

MADISON, Wis. (Gray News) – An 11-year-old was accidentally shot and killed while deer hunting Sunday morning, according to the Wisconsin Departmen...

November 21, 2022
9:54 PM

MADISON, Wis. (Gray News) – An 11-year-old was accidentally shot and killed while deer hunting Sunday morning, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.Authorities said 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.The gun discharged and hit the middle school student in the chest.Easton was flown to a hospital, where he died.'The Berlin Area School District is heartbroken by yesterday's death of Berlin Middle School sixth grader Easton Thom in a hunting accident,' superintendent Dr.

Debra Worley