BERWICK, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man fatally shot himself when he tried to catch a gun that fell from his holster while he was trying to calm his crying child in the back seat of a car, local police said.
Police said the incident happened Tuesday when Kenneth Morris, 28, reached through the car’s rear driver’s side door to comfort his son when the .357-caliber gun fell from Morris’ shoulder holster.
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When Morris tried to grab the falling weapon, he accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting himself in the stomach. Surveillance video captured the shooting, which happened in a driveway of a home.
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The man was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
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