Teen Shot While Riding ATV

Written by WDIV-TV

Monday, October 26, 2009

ASH TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed during a hunting accident Sunday.

Authorities said Airport High School student Charlie Ray Cox was with two other friends, both 17 years old, in a wooded area of Briar Hill Road north of Carleton Rockwood Road in Ash Township when the shooting occurred.

The three teens were riding all-terrain vehicles with shotguns when one of the shotguns went off and hit Cox, according to the sheriff's office.Cox was pronounced dead at the scene just after 3 p.m.

The office is calling the incident an accident.Counselors were on hand Monday at the high school.

“Some of the kids here, obviously, had a normal day of school and we made sure we had that in place with the extra support from the counseling department and our staff,” said principal Jimmy Krimmel.

A vigil was held Monday evening at Ash Park in Cox’s memory.Funeral arrangements are pending.

Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/21428955/detail.html

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