Young gun victim identified

Published: Wednesday, Aug. 16 2006 12:00 a.m. MDT

GARFIELD COUNTY — Police have released the name of the 5-year-old boy who tripped and fell on his loaded child-size .22-caliber rifle over the weekend.

The single shot killed Steven Lee, of Centerfield, at about 1 p.m. on Saturday.

According to Garfield County sheriff's spokeswoman Becki Bronson, Lee was on a weekend camping trip with two adults and two other children, and was target shooting at Jorgenson Flat in Garfield County when the accident happened.

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