How awful.
How old is the culprit?
Some of the gas pellet guns can kill rabbits at about 40 yards.

Boy dies in air rifle tragedy

Boy dies in air rifle tragedy
A five-year-old boy has died after he was shot with an air rifle on a visit to friends in Wiltshire.

Joe Cooke, from Ealing in London, was visiting the village of Fovant with family when the accident happened.

He was reportedly hurt by accident at a large bungalow where he was one of several children in the garden. He was airlifted to hospital but died.