Wyatt Ray Eaves (10) found dead from a gunshot after going missing while hunting with his grandfather

[raisedbywolves]

https://www.kron4.com/news/national/...-hunting-trip/

A 10-year-old boy in Mason County, West Virginia, was found dead on Sunday morning from a gunshot wound after becoming separated from his grandfather during a hunting trip the day before.

Nibert told WCHS that the two had just finished eating lunch on Saturday when the 10-year-old went off to look for squirrels to hunt. When his grandfather finished cleaning up, the boy was nowhere to be seen, she said.

Around 3 p.m. that day, crews from the Mason County Sheriff?s Office, as well as local fire and EMS departments, were called to the site of an ATV accident in the Salt Creek area of Mason County. There, they learned the victim of the accident had been separated from the 10-year-old about an hour before.

Nibert and her family searched all night Saturday into Sunday, along with hundreds of volunteers and first responders. The child?s body was found around 7 a.m. Sunday. When officers and medics arrived, they found the victim had ?died due to a single gunshot wound.?

Suicide? Accident? The article doesn't make it seem like someone else shot him, even accidentally.

[Angiebla]

Im going with he accidently shot himself, or another hunter (not his grandpa) accidently shot him.

[jennafyre]

My logical brain tells me that he accidentally shot himself. My MDS brain tells me that grandpa shot him and tried to cover it up.

[Angiebla]

My logical brain tells me that he accidentally shot himself. My MDS brain tells me that grandpa shot him and tried to cover it up.

That thought crossed my mind as well, but Im hoping its not true

[Boston Babe 73]

I'm going to guess accidental shooting by another hunter.

[SuchAClassicGirl]

I'm going to guess accidental shooting by another hunter.

Then if that's the case the other hunter just left? Didn't know? Somethings weird

[puzzld]

Then if that's the case the other hunter just left? Didn't know? Somethings weird

It's possible. A rifle shot can travel for 2+ miles and in a wooded area you might not be able to see nearly that far...

[Boston Babe 73]

Then if that's the case the other hunter just left? Didn't know? Somethings weird

It's possible. A rifle shot can travel for 2+ miles and in a wooded area you might not be able to see nearly that far...

Exactly.

Either that or they didn't want to stick around after they saw what they actually hit.

[Bewitchingstorm]

I think little Wyatt accidentally shot himself; maybe he tripped/fell and it happened. I don't believe the grandfather did anything to him and find it so sad there are people on FB accusing him of such.

[of_corpse_not]

You guys should watch the movie Calibre. It?s very underrated and a similar situation happens in it.

[raisedbywolves]

I think little Wyatt accidentally shot himself; maybe he tripped/fell and it happened. I don't believe the grandfather did anything to him and find it so sad there are people on FB accusing him of such.

This is what I think too.