LOCAL : Pacoima Man Slain in Accident
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A 15-year-old Pacoima boy accidentally shot a neighbor to death while looking at a gun he thought was unloaded, Los Angeles police said this morning.
Brian K. Anderson, 22, was killed about 6:45 p.m. Monday in a home on DeHaven Avenue, Detective Pamela Humphrey said.
There were several people in the home when the teen-ager, whose name was not released, picked up a gun and pulled the trigger while looking at it, Humphrey said. The shot struck Anderson, who was visiting from a nearby home, in the head. The boy had not been aiming the weapon at the victim when it fired, Humphrey said.
No one else was injured. Humphrey said that the teen-ager was not arrested and that the shooting is being handled as an accident.
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