GRAPHIC PHOTO!! 11yr-old Schoolboy with gun pellet stuck in the HEAD after he was shot

Connor Minto with gun pellet in stuck in the head

An 11-year-old schoolboy was shot in the head with air rifle while waiting to come on as a substitute in a football match.

Connor Minto narrowly avoided being....
blinded after a pellet lodged in his forehead when he was stood on the sidelines at an under-12s game in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.

Three 14-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the incident at Hermitage Academy on Saturday and bailed pending further enquiries.

Connor ran to his parents covered in blood because he thought he had been struck by a stone during the match between Chester-le-Street Town and Coxhoe.

But his father saw there was a .22 pellet lodged in his forehead, just above his left eye.

The schoolboy was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle, where the pellet was removed and he received stitches.

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