Paige McGinnis
A funeral mass for a 13-year-old Ovid Township girl who died in an accidental shooting over the weekend is set for Saturday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Owosso.
Clinton County Deputies answered a report of a shooting at a home in 9200 block of Woodworth Road in Ovid Township just after 4 pm on Saturday February 2, 2013.
Deputies say 13-year-old Paige McGinnis was dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Investigators say the victim’s 14-year-old brother, Dillan McGinnis, was handling a shotgun that discharged, striking his sister in the head.
Grief counselors for the Ovid Elsie School District were made available to students as they returned to class at Ovid Elsie Middle School and EE Knight Elementary School in Elsie on Monday.
A complete obituary can be found elsewhere in this week’s St. Johns Independent.