Youth Kills Neighbor in Accidental Shooting
A15-year-old Pacoima boy accidentally shot a neighbor to death while looking at a pistol the boy thought was unloaded, Los Angeles police said Tuesday.
Brian K. Anderson, 22, was killed about 6:45 p.m. Monday in a home in the 11100 block of DeHaven Avenue, Detective Pamela Humphrey said.
There were several people in the home when the teen-ager, whose name was not released, picked up a 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol and pulled the trigger while looking at it, Humphrey said. The shot struck Anderson, who was visiting from a nearby home, in the head. The boy had not been aiming the weapon at the victim when it fired, Humphrey said.
No one else was injured.
Humphrey said the teen-ager was not arrested and the shooting was considered an accident.
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