Over the weekend, the City of Harrisburg had it's first homicide of the year.
20-year-old Maurice Belton says the shooting happened when he was showing a handgun to Davion Walker. Belton says he didn't realize the gun was loaded when he pointed it at Walker and pulled the trigger.
Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick says the 21-year-old was killed almost instantly. "The cause of death was obviously a small caliber bullet that went trough the chest, through the heart and lodged into the left side of the chest."
The shooting happened in Belton's home in the 1300 block of North 15th Street just before 11 sunday night. He says when the gun fired and Walker collapsed, he immediately got his mother for help and they called police.
Belton faces multiple charges including criminal homicide. Hetrick says the shooting is defined as a homicide. "Well lets put it this way, you have to define an accident, I have to define a homicide. If you're waving a gun around and have finger on trigger, you're grossly negligent and its a homicide. It's one person causing death of another."
He says it will take some time for toxicology reports to come back. Police say the gun involved had been reported stolen and a small amount of marijuana was found in Belton's room.
20-year-old Maurice Belton says the shooting happened when he was showing a handgun to Davion Walker. Belton says he didn't realize the gun was loaded when he pointed it at Walker and pulled the trigger.
Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick says the 21-year-old was killed almost instantly. "The cause of death was obviously a small caliber bullet that went trough the chest, through the heart and lodged into the left side of the chest."
The shooting happened in Belton's home in the 1300 block of North 15th Street just before 11 sunday night. He says when the gun fired and Walker collapsed, he immediately got his mother for help and they called police.
Belton faces multiple charges including criminal homicide. Hetrick says the shooting is defined as a homicide. "Well lets put it this way, you have to define an accident, I have to define a homicide. If you're waving a gun around and have finger on trigger, you're grossly negligent and its a homicide. It's one person causing death of another."
He says it will take some time for toxicology reports to come back. Police say the gun involved had been reported stolen and a small amount of marijuana was found in Belton's room.