No charges will be filed after 10-year-old accidentally kills brother with revolver: DA
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
A 10-year-old boy playing with a revolver accidentally shot his older brother in the head on Valentine’s Day, leading to the 12-year-old boy’s death on Thursday, the district attorney’s office announced Friday.
The office said in a statement released Friday afternoon that they had completed their investigation and concluded there would be no criminal charges.
Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo gave this account of the shooting, which occurred just after noon on Feb. 14 in the 2900 block of Sycamore Street:
The parents left their two sons home alone to attend a brunch.