12-year-old Roseville boy dies in slingshot accident
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A 12-year-old Roseville boy died when he was hit by a rock from an oversized slingshot.
Roseville police say the boy and a friend were at Bruce Russel Park Sunday afternoon and were shooting rocks out of the homemade slingshot. Chief Rick Mathwig says the boys launched a 6 pound rock into the air several times, but the last time it came down and hit the boy in the chest.
Mathwig says the child was taken to the Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports an autopsy is scheduled Monday.
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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press
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