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22/08/2006
Boy dies following air rifle shooting
A 12-year-old boy has died after being shot in the eye with an air rifle.
Mitchel Picken, from Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, died from head injuries on Saturday, two days after he was shot.
Mitchel was taken to University Hospital North Staffordshire on Thursday afternoon after the incident, which happened around 1:30pm in the Stockton Brook area of the city.
A post-mortem revealed that he died from a penetration wound to the head.
Staffordshire Police arrested two boys, both aged 12, at Greenway Hall Road, following the incident. They were kept in custody until around 8pm on Thursday night and were released on bail until the end of the month pending further inquiries.
(KMcA)
Mitchel Picken, from Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, died from head injuries on Saturday, two days after he was shot.
Mitchel was taken to University Hospital North Staffordshire on Thursday afternoon after the incident, which happened around 1:30pm in the Stockton Brook area of the city.
A post-mortem revealed that he died from a penetration wound to the head.
Staffordshire Police arrested two boys, both aged 12, at Greenway Hall Road, following the incident. They were kept in custody until around 8pm on Thursday night and were released on bail until the end of the month pending further inquiries.
(KMcA)
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