Friday, July 30, 2010
No Charges In Shooting Death
KENTUCKY...
Louisville police say they will not pursue charges against a boy who shot his 12-year-old half-brother to death while they were playing with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. Lt. Barry Wilkerson of Louisville Metro Police also said Wednesday that no charges will be filed against the owner of the gun, John O'Bryan. Wilkerson told The Courier-Journal that prosecutors had sent police a letter saying no charges would be filed. Wilkerson says the boys were playing and the gun's safety had been on when Darius Tucker was killed March 29 after he and his 14-year-old half-brother discovered weapons in the house where they lived with O'Bryan, their mother and O'Bryan's teenage daughter. Wilkerson said testing at state police labs showed the gun would fire with the safety on.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:26 PM 
