In Evansville, Indiana, 16-year old Rylan Conway was shot to death in an incident that occurred in a home where a group of kids were playing with a gun.  The shooter, 19-year old Eriyon Gibson, says he unloaded the gun, then pointed it at Conway while they were joking around.  He asserts he wouldn’t have pulled the trigger if he understood that the gun was loaded.

“I want to give a message to the youth that you’re going to have to find another way to entertain yourself because guns are not the way,” a neighbor said. “Guns are not a toy, it’s a very serious thing and when guns go off it changes lives.”

Gibson was arrested and charged with reckless conduct. It is unclear whether the gun had a loaded chamber indicator.

Source:

Katie Tercek, “Neighbor Recalls Night of Teen Killed in Powell Ave. Shooting,” 14News.com (June 6, 2020).