Updated: Dec. 14, 2021, 12:05 p.m. | Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 12:05 p.m.

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782sharesByJohn Tunison | jtunison@mlive.com

KENT COUNTY, MI — A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured Monday when he was shot by his older brother in a hunting accident.

Kent County sheriff’s deputies said a 17-year-old was hunting from a tree stand in Solon Township, north of Cedar Springs, about 6 p.m. Dec. 13 when his younger brother came into the woods to call him to dinner.

The teen mistook the younger boy for a deer and accidentally shot him with a rifle, police said.https://c722a221635d868b0569b8026289e368.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

Rescuers initially called for a medical helicopter to respond to the scene, but ended up taking the injured boy by ambulance to a…