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Boy Shot
Bullet Through Head
Bruce Maxwell Korner, aged 13,
living at Batemnan's Bay, was
fatally wounded with a pea-rifle
bullet yesterday morning,
The boy, according to information
received by Goulburn Police, was
seated at a table at his home when
his brother, Rex Norman, aged 12,
walked in from an adjoining room
holding a pea-rifle. The rifle dis
charged and the bullet struck the
older boy in the head. He was
rushed to Moruya Hospital, but died
before arrival.
Robert. Carl Shepherd, aged 16,
living next door to the Korner home,
was present when the shooting
occurred.
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