MERCER, Pa. (AP) — State police in western Pennsylvania say a 7-year-old boy who was killed when his father's gun went off while he was getting into his truck outside a gun store had been buckling himself into a safety seat at the time.
The boy was shot Saturday morning at Twigs Reloading Den in East Lackawannock Township, 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.
State police say 44-year-old Joseph V. Loughrey didn't realize a bullet was still in the chamber. Seven-year-old Craig Allen Loughrey was shot in the chest in the back seat.
Lt. Eric Hermick said Sunday the father had secured a rifle in the back of the truck and placed a pistol on the console when the handgun went off, striking the boy in the chest.
Hermick says the father had been trying to sell the guns.
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