Police considering charges after 5yo shot in face in southern Queensland
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Charges could be laid over the shooting of a five-year-old boy in the face on Queensland's Southern Downs, police say.
The boy remains in a serious but stable condition in the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane after he was accidently shot on a property near Stanthorpe.
It is believed the boy was shot with a rifle by a young relative at a property on Granite Belt Drive at Cottonvale on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the boy sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound in the facial area.
Investigations are continuing.
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