Authorities say death of Johnson Creek boy accidental

September 5, 2008

 
JOHNSON CREEK  - Authorities have identified a boy who they believe accidentally shot and killed himself.

Emergency personnel found 11-year-old Joshua J. Nimm dead of a gunshot wound from a .22-caliber rifle at his home in the town of Farmington Thursday afternoon.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Larry Lee says the shooting appears to have been accidental.

He says the rifle belonged to the boy, but there was no magazine in the weapon. Lee says there may have been a round still in the chamber.

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Associated Press