Pennsylvania boy killed in accidental shooting
WGAL News 8 Updated: 1:00 PM EDT May 6, 2021
Pennsylvania boy killed in accidental shooting
WGAL News 8 Updated: 1:00 PM EDT May 6, 2021
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Show Transcript CAN BE BUILT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD AFTER AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING IN MONROE COUNTY. JO
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WGAL News 8 Updated: 1:00 PM EDT May 6, 2021 An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy was killed in an accidental shooting on Tuesday.Pennsylvania State Police in Monroe County say troopers were called to the Middle Smithfield Township home just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and found the victim deceased of a single gunshot wound. Police said another juvenile had been handling the handgun in the home when it discharged. Coroner Tom Yanak told The (Allentown) Morning Call on Wednesday that he had yet to rule on the cause and manner of the child’s death. Yanak said his office does not release names of
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Last week, the Monroe County District Attorney’s office announced it had cleared the officers of wrongdoing.
The use of deadly force in this case was justified, according to the DA’s office, because the officers did not know the weapon Hall carried wasn’t lethal, and because he failed to follow officers’ orders. “It’s a testament to the troopers that they didn’t shoot sooner,” said First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso during a press conference.
The family and its supporters reject this decision, saying it amounts to blaming the victim.
“You have a victim of gun violence, police brutality, and you also have a youth that is suffering from mental health [crisis],” said Kim. She connected those circumstances to the death of Walter Wallace, Jr., a Black man with known mental illness who was killed by Philadelphia police last summer.