An 11-year-old boy died in an apparent accident in Green Lake County during the opening weekend of Wisconsin's deer hunt.

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The boy was shot in the chest around 9 a.m. Sunday as a 41-year-old man was trying to unload his gun while it was in the back seat of a vehicle, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office said.

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An 11-year-old boy was accidently shot in the chest by a man trying to unload his gun during opening weekend of Wisconsin's deer hunt. The boy ended up dying in the hospital.

The boy died at a hospital, WLUK-TV reported. He and the man were part of the same hunting party, authorities said.

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