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Boy's archery death accidental, coroner says
The archery death of a Deer Park Middle School student was unintentional, the Stevens County coroner said Sunday.
SPOKANE — The archery death of a Deer Park Middle School student was unintentional, the Stevens County coroner said Sunday.
Alex Niskanen died Thanksgiving afternoon after being shot with a hunting arrow while visiting friends south of Chewelah.
The Stevens County Sheriff's Office has not announced the name of the boy who released the arrow. County Coroner Patti Hancock said he was older than Niskanen.
"The two boys were outside playing," Hancock said. "They didn't have a lot of power on the bow, but with a broadhead arrow, it doesn't take much."
The arrow severed the axillary artery in the 12-year-old boy's left shoulder. He bled to death, Hancock said.
It's not clear whether the two had been hunting. Whitetail deer currently are legal game for archers in the area.
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