Local news reports
A 16-year-old is dead after being shot in the neck by an acquaintance holding an AR-15 rifle.
Police tell WWL-TV a 23-year-old was showing a group of people the newly-acquired weapon at around 1:00 a.m. in the 200 block of James Drive in Marrero when the incident happened.
The gun owner later told police he didn't know there was a round in the chamber, and "that he pulled the trigger to clear the weapon and it went off, striking the victim in the neck," according to WWL-TV.
Emergency responders prounounced the teen dead on the scene.
Update: JPSO (Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office) Spokesman Col. John Fortunato says Christian Cardon, who police say admitted firing the weapon, was booked this morning with one count of negligent homicide.
Forgetting there's one in the chamber happen more often in states like Louisiana. And pulling the trigger to clear the chamber while aiming at another person takes a special kind of intelligence and gun-safety training.
If there were proper screening and qualifying done before issuing a gun ownership license, many incidents like this would be avoided.
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