Campo
A 13-year-old boy was killed when a semiautomatic rifle accidentally fired Monday on the Campo Indian Reservation.
Wayne Lee Haywood, of Church Road was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, said Sgt. Danny Goodrich from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department.
Haywood was shot in the chest by a 13-year-old playmate, who was not identified, when Haywood kicked the other boy in the thigh and the rifle was accidentally fired, Goodrich said.
Haywood had asked the other boy to make sure the rifle was unloaded, but the boy failed to see a round in the chamber, Goodrich said.
The shooting was an accident, authorities said, and no arrests have been made. The case will be turned over to the district attorney.
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