Police say 12-year-old boy shot by booby trap

LUMBERTON — Authorities say a 12-year-old boy is recovering from a gunshot wound he sustained from a booby trap in an unoccupied house.

Robeson County Sheriff Ken Sealey said Josh Harold Locklear of Lumberton was shot in the side Sunday after he and a friend entered the house through an open window. The boy was wounded when he saw a box on the floor and tried to lift it.

Sealey said Locklear was in stable condition after surgery at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

More devices were discovered in the house after police were called, but there was no sign of illegal activity. The sheriff said the investigation is continuing.

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