Boy Killed Gun Store, A seven-year-old boy has been shot dead outside a western Pennsylvania gun shop, according to police.
The incident happened on Saturday morning at Twigs Reloading Den, 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.
Store owner Leonard Mohney said the boy was shot in the car park.
KDKA-TV reported that he was in a booster seat in a car while his father was backing out of a parking space when the gun went off.
It is not clear exactly how the tragedy happened.
A woman working at a meat packing company next door told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper that there had been a single gunshot.
A local emergency worker said police found the boy wounded in the chest.
Pennsylvania State Police and the Mercer County coroner are still investigating.
The incident happened on Saturday morning at Twigs Reloading Den, 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.
Store owner Leonard Mohney said the boy was shot in the car park.
KDKA-TV reported that he was in a booster seat in a car while his father was backing out of a parking space when the gun went off.
It is not clear exactly how the tragedy happened.
A woman working at a meat packing company next door told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper that there had been a single gunshot.
A local emergency worker said police found the boy wounded in the chest.
Pennsylvania State Police and the Mercer County coroner are still investigating.
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