Story out of Stoneham, Massachusetts:
A Stoneham firefighter was shot and killed in a horrific incident late Tuesday night.
The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said the firefighter, David Atherton, 24, was drinking with 23-year-old Patrick Riccardi-O’Connor in a home on Congress Street and that the two were “passing a gun back and forth pointing it at each other” around 11:10 p.m.
“It appears the fatal shooting may have been an unintended consequence of this behavior,” Meghan Kelly, a spokesperson for the D.A., said in a statement Wednesday.
Atherton, who lived in Stoneham, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Riccardi-O’Connor, also of Stoneham, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and discharging a firearm.
Prosecutors said Riccardi-O’Connor was funneling beer before shooting his friend, and had also “ingested” a bullet. The two had been recording videos of them fooling around with the gun throughout the night, prosecutors said.
According to court documents, Riccardi-O’Connor initially lied to police, saying Atherton was pointing the gun at his chest and shot himself.
But while at the police department, officers say Riccardi-O’Connor admitted the gun had gone off when the two were passing it back and forth. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)
Story from - CBS Boston
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