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A 5-year-old boy is allegedly shot in the head with an arrow while playing in his backyard as his next-door neighbor is charged.
- The 53-year-old man was charged after allegedly shooting an arrow at a child’s head
- A five-year-old boy had to be airlifted to hospital after being beaten on Sunday.
- It is said to be in a stable condition. The man will face court in February.
A man has been charged after allegedly shooting an arrow at his young neighbor’s head.
The five-year-old boy had been playing in the backyard of his home on Wingham Circut in Wingham, on the North Shore of New South Wales, on Sunday just after 7pm when he was struck.
Paramedics rushed to the home and treated the boy before he was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment.
The five-year-old boy was playing in the backyard of his home in Wingham, on the central north coast of New South Wales, on Sunday just after 7pm when he was struck.
It is understood that he is in a stable condition.
A crime scene was established and Manning/Great Lakes Police District officers began an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Later that night, a 53-year-old man who lived in a neighboring house was arrested.
He has been charged with reckless injury and has been granted a conditional bail to face Taree Local Court on February 22.