The name of the shooting victim has not been released pending notification of family.

QUAPAW- A 60-year-old Quapaw man died as the result of an accidental shooting, according to Ottawa County Sheriff Jeremy Floyd.

“All the evidence calls for an accidental shooting,” Floyd said.

At approximately midnight on Wednesday, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the site of the shooting just off East 22 Road in Quapaw, near Five Mile Creek north of Baxter Spring's, Kansas.

“It appears this was accidental, he was crawling over a fence when the gun went off,” Floyd said.

The name of the shooting victim has not been released pending notification of family.

More to come as details are provided.