Teens face possible charges in fatal gun accident
Source: Daily Herald
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) Salt Lake County prosecutors say they're considering possible criminal charges against two 16-year-old boys in connection with a gun accident that killed a friend.
The boys and 17-year-old Harley Jarrett were looking at a .45-caliber revolver in the closet of a Cottonwood Heights home when it went off Wednesday, shooting Jarrett in the head. The boys thought the gun was unloaded.
District Attorney Sim Gill told The Salt Lake Tribune that while a final decision on charges is pending, his office has already decided the two teens would be prosecuted in the juvenile court system.
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safeinOhio
(32,744 posts)that no comments are needed. Screw those looking for an argument.
onehandle
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(9,933 posts)somewhere where they could access it?
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Sounds bizarre.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)From Cottonwood Heights teen killed when gun is fired at party:
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A teenager who lives at the home had secured a revolver stolen during a residential burglary earlier in the week, said Cottonwood Heights Police Lt. Mark Askerlund. Investigators did not yet know if the teens at the party were involved in the burglary.
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"The boys went to a closet area in the basement and one of them produced a handgun. They were showing it to each other, passing it around, and fired through several of the rounds," Askerlund said.
Police believe the boys thought the gun was unloaded. The initial rounds "cycled through what probably were some empty cylinders until it came into the live round. That round discharged, striking one of the juveniles," Askerlund said.
Hangingon
(3,071 posts)OP did need discussion.
billh58
(6,635 posts)is missing a gun.
hack89
(39,171 posts)The lesson here is don't steal other people's property.
valerief
(53,235 posts)deliberate shooting.
hack89
(39,171 posts)mwb970
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