The two believed the gun was unloaded, authorities said. The shooter was charged.
An 18-year-old was arrested Friday after he fatally shot his friend while they playing with a gun at the friend’s Maple Shade, New Jersey, home, investigators said.were called to a home on South Coles Avenue at 3:45 a.m. and were told that 19-year-old Nasiah Carson had been taken to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden by others in the house after the shooting occurred, according to a joint statement from the department and the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.
The shooting appears to have been accidental, the office said. Carson and and Jah-son Jones, of Pemberton, were playing with a handgun they believed was unloaded when Jones pointed it at Carson and squeezed the trigger. A cartridge was in the chamber, and the firearm discharged, striking Carson, the office said.Jones was charged with reckless manslaughter and weapons-related offenses, police said.
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