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| Boy, 10, dies in air gun shooting | |
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| A 10-year-old boy has died after he was shot with an air gun in Swansea. | A 10-year-old boy has died after he was shot with an air gun in Swansea. |
| Police were called to the Llansamlet area of the city at 1815 BST on Sunday but the boy died later in intensive care at Morriston Hospital. | |
| A neighbour said the grandmother of the boy, named locally as Rhys Johnson, told him he had been involved in an accident. | |
| Police are not treating the death as suspicious. A 12-year-old boy, who knew the boy, is helping police inquiries. | |
| A lane in Midland Place has been sealed off for forensic examination and house to house inquiries are ongoing. | A lane in Midland Place has been sealed off for forensic examination and house to house inquiries are ongoing. |
| Immediate neighbour Roy Webber said he knew Rhys very well as the youngster and his sister would visit the chickens and pigeons he keeps in his garden. | |
| "He was very, very friendly," he added. | |
| This has been a big shock to us all around here Roy Webber, neighbour | |
| Mr Webber said the first he knew of the incident was when he saw police in the lane at the back of his garden. | |
| "The grandmother told me what had happened, that the little boy had had an accident and had been shot and that they had taken him to Morriston Hospital," he said. | |
| "Later we heard the news that he had an operation and was in intensive care." | |
| He said he was told in the early hours of Monday that Rhys had died. | |
| He said the lane where the incident happened was used by youngsters to play in. | |
| "They ride their bikes up there. It's very quiet. This has been a big shock to us all around here," he added. | |
| Darren Casker, headteacher at Talycopa Primary School, where the boy was a pupil, said: "Everyone at the school is extremely shocked and saddened by this terrible news. | |
| "Rhys was a quiet but popular and likeable young man who will be sadly missed by all his friends and the staff at the school. | |
| "All our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time." | |
| Assistant Chief Constable Colette Paul of South Wales Police said: "Our sympathies go out to the family... who have lost their lovely boy. | Assistant Chief Constable Colette Paul of South Wales Police said: "Our sympathies go out to the family... who have lost their lovely boy. |
| "It is a very difficult time for both families and I ask that their privacy is respected." | "It is a very difficult time for both families and I ask that their privacy is respected." |
| Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room at Cockett police station on 01792 562731 | Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room at Cockett police station on 01792 562731 |