Six-year-old boy dies after being 'shot with pellet gun'

Police are investigating the death of a six-year-old boy following what is believed to have been a "pellet gun injury".

Humberside Police said they were called to Church Lane in Sproatley, East Yorkshire, on Thursday afternoon to reports that the boy had been seriously injured.

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"Our thoughts are with his family, who are being supported by specialist officers and we request that they are given privacy at this very difficult time."

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