HAYS, Kan. — Authorities in western Kansas say a man has died in an accidental shooting.
Wichita television station KAKE reports that the shooting happened Friday afternoon near Hays. The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a 911 call placed a few miles west of Hays in a rural area. Responding deputies found 72-year-old Raymond Nieman, of Hays, next to a vehicle with a single gunshot wound to his chest. Nieman was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say Nieman had been a passenger in the vehicle and was apparently shot as he was trying to secure the shotgun in the back of the vehicle.
Officials have ruled his death as accidental.
