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| Boy, 5, shot dead with air rifle | Boy, 5, shot dead with air rifle |
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| A five-year-old boy has died after being shot in the heard with an air rifle, it has emerged today. | |
| Jonathon Cook, from the Fovant area of Tisbury, was airlifted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where he died earlier today. | Jonathon Cook, from the Fovant area of Tisbury, was airlifted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where he died earlier today. |
| Police were called out to the incident in the family's back garden at just after 1200 BST on Monday. | |
| The death is not currently being treated as suspicious. Police are preparing a report for the coroner. | The death is not currently being treated as suspicious. Police are preparing a report for the coroner. |
| A rapid-response paramedic arrived, followed by an ambulance, then an air ambulance as the severity of the child's injuries became clear. | |
| A Great Western Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "Great Western Ambulance responded to a 999 call made at 12.11pm on Monday to a young child who had sustained head injuries following an incident with an air rifle. | |
| "The Dorset Air Ambulance attended the incident, as they were the nearest and quickest resource available." |