A Vancouver-area man is dead following a freak accident during a weekend pistol competition at a Kamloops shooting range.

RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said police were called to the Kamloops Target Sports Association range at about 1 p.m. on Sunday. She said a 50-year-old man who had been taking part in a shooting competition accidentally shot himself. He later died at hospital.

Association president Jim Sloper told KTW a two-day competition was slated to wrap up on Sunday when the accident took place.

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The investigation is ongoing.