Shooting Accident Claims the Life of a 19-year-old
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Updated: August 20, 2010
A shooting accident in
"The stories we're getting now is this individual was
playing with a revolver," said Sgt. David Garcia with the Midland Police
Department.
Sgt. Garcia said the revolver wasn’t loaded at first, but
at some put a live round was put in the chamber of the firearm.
“We’re checking for gunshot residue
on all the people in the apartment, that’s part of the investigation,”
explained Garcia. We are still trying to
determine ownership of the weapon.”
Sgt. Garcia has worked many of these cases and believes
they all could have been prevented. He tells Big 2 New he hopes this tragedy serves
as a lesson and reminder to the rest of the community.
“Never assume that a weapon is empty; never assume a weapon
is a toy, they are dangerous, they will hurt you, they will kill you,”
explained Sgt. Garcia.
Morrison’s body was sent to
