Teen Killed While Drinking and “Messing Around” with Gun

In Rogersville, Missouri, a teenager was killed in a gun accident that occurred when he and two adults were drinking and playing with a pistol.  The local sheriff says “three people, the teenage male, a man in his early 20s, and a woman in the similar age range were in a room drinking alcohol and messing around with a pistol. The man in his 20s was in possession of the gun when his finger hit the trigger shooting the teenager.”  The sheriff believes that the three people involved “knew how to properly handle a firearm but were doing so recklessly at the time of the shooting.”

One of the adults was arrested and a manslaughter charge is pending.

Source:

Chris Six, “Webster County, Mo. Teen Killed in Negligent Shooting,” ky3.com (March 4, 2023).