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A coroner has urged parents to supervise their children if they use air guns after a 10-year-old boy died. A coroner has urged parents to supervise children if they use air guns after a 10-year-old boy died after being shot at close range in the heart.
Rhys Johnson was taken to hospital with fatal injuries after being shot in an incident close to his home in the Llansamlet area of Swansea. Rhys Johnson of Llansamlet area of Swansea died in hospital.
Swansea coroner Philip Rogers said the school boy's death on 27 September last year was a sad case that proved the danger of air guns as weapons. An inquest heard he and a friend were using his father's airgun without his knowledge in a lane behind his home.
He returned a verdict of accidental death. Recording a verdict of accidental death coroner Philip Rogers was told Rhys's friend did not mean to shoot him on 27 September last year.
Mr Rogers heard Rhys and a 12-year-old friend were shooting targets in the lane.
The friend was holding the gun when he thought he heard Rhys call to him.
As he turned he felt the gun fall away from him and as he pulled it back he accidentally pressed the trigger.
Rhys was hit by a pellet at close range. The medical cause of death was an airgun wound to the heart.
Mr Rogers said: "I would urge parents that such weapons are not used without supervision."Mr Rogers said: "I would urge parents that such weapons are not used without supervision."
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