https://www.1011now.com/2020/10/26/9-year-old-seward-boy-killed-in-hunting-accident/

By10/11 NOWPublished:Oct. 26, 2020 at 7:18 AM PDT|Updated:6 hours ago

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said a 9-year-old Seward boy was killed in a hunting accident near Branched Oak Lake on Sunday morning.

The accident happened near NW 98th Street and West Davey road about 7:40 a.m.

LSO said the young boy accidentally shot himself while pheasant hunting with his father.

Authorities said Gunnar Holte, 9, was shooting at a bird, went to reload a shotgun, and the gun fired.ADVERTISEMENThttps://bc7e4732dc648cfe303b03e1c0e3ea36.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

The father said he turned around and saw his son had fallen.

An off-duty Lincoln Police officer was also in the area hunting and tried to help the boy.

The child was taken to the hospital where life-saving measures were not successful, LSO said.

A GoFundMe account has been created to help cover funeral expenses:https://www.gofundme.com/f/qvesmv-gunnar-holte-funeral-expensesADVERTISEMENThttps://bc7e4732dc648cfe303b03e1c0e3ea36.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D3454499491283747%26id%3D148154821918247&show_text=true&width=552&height=551&appId