Boy, 15, dies after being shot in head during target practice with dad
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Authorities say a 15-year-old boy who was shot while he and his father were target shooting in the yard of their Western Pennsylvania home has died.
Emergency responders were called to the Allegheny Township residence Friday evening.
Police chief John Fontaine has said Nicholas Ursiny was apparently trying to reload a small caliber pistol when it accidentally discharged and hit him in the head.
He was airlifted to a Pittsburgh hospital.
WTAE-TV reports the medical examiner says he died at the hospital Sunday afternoon. An autopsy is planned on Monday.
Charges aren’t expected to be filed in what Fontaine has called “a tragic accident.”