DaeShawn Dewayne Harkey

16-year-old Shot and Killed An unidentified 16-year-old was shot and killed in a home in Huntsville, Alabama. A gun that DaeShawn Dewayne Harkey, age 18, was handling and he thought was unloaded, accidentally discharged, killing the 16-year-old. Harkey has been charged with manslaughter. There is an ongoing investigation into the shooting. Source: Carson Keel, “Teen Arrested …

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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2021

In Pensacola, Florida, a patron of O’Reilly’s Uptown Tavern pulled a gun to show it to other patrons. The incident was apparently caught on video. When he mimed an attempt to return the gun to a shoulder holster, it went off, striking him in the upper torso. "I don't know if he was pretending to be a badass or something," the bar manager said. "But from what I can tell, it was completely by accident."

The man apparently left the bar before police arrived, but later checked himself into the hospital. The report does not indicate his state of inebriation. Nor does it say whether he drove himself from the scene.

Ironically, while investigating, the police were asked to break up a fight outside the bar.

Source:

Collin Warren-Hicks, “O'Riley's Uptown Tavern Customer Accidentally Shoots Himself While Showing Off Gun,” Pensacola News Journal (July 23, 2021).

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