HAZEN, N.D. (AP) - School officials in Hazen say they'll offer counseling to classmates of an eighth-grader killed in a
weekend hunting accident.
Authorities say 14-year-old Daniel Haga was killed early yesterday when a gun accidentally fired while he was hunting
with his father.
Wildlife officials believe it's the first death during North Dakota's black powder muzzle loader season.
McHenry County Sheriff Marv Sola says the boy was shot as he and his father, Todd, started to hunt near Velva on a
relative's land early yesterday morning.
Sola says the father and son apparently had just left their vehicle to start hunting, when the father handed the gun to
his son while he opened a gate. Sola says the father turned around for the gun and it fired. The boy was hit in the head.
Daniel Haga was pronounced dead at a Minot hospital.
The state Game and Fish Department's wildlife chief, Randy Kreil (KRYL), says the death is the first of this year's
deer hunting season and probably the first ever during muzzle loading season.
Sola says the muzzle loader has a .50-caliber projectile. That's larger than a typical deer rifle.