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Ness County Sheriff’s Office: Details On Fatal Shooting

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Courie Cox, 12, was fatally wounded by a weapon discharged by a family member in the residence, Gavin Wilson, under sheriff told Hays Post in a press release.

At 7 p.m. Friday the sheriff’s dispatch received a call of the shooting in Bazine, a small town southwest of Hays. When deputies arrived they found Cox being given CPR by a family member. Deputies continued the CPR until Ness County EMS arrived to continue treatment and transport her to Ness County Hospital. The shooting was fatal. The KBI investigation is still underway. No arrests have been made.

Funeral Services for Courie are set for Wednesday in Ness City.

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