Local news
An Ambler boy has died following what troopers said was an accidental shooting Saturday night in the village.
At about 11 p.m., troopers in Kotzebue received the report of the
shooting and chartered a commercial flight to Ambler in the early hours
of Sunday morning.
The investigation showed that a boy, 8, identified as C.G. in the
trooper report, was playing with his cousins in the yard. The kids went
into a nearby shed where they obtained a loaded firearm from the
rafters, according to the trooper dispatch.
"One of the children then shot C.G. with the firearm, not realizing that the firearm was real or loaded," troopers said.
The boy died from injuries sustained by the gunshot wound. No foul play is suspected.
