UPDATE: 19-year-old Shawn Anthony Lopes has died after being shot in the chest early Wednesday morning, Duluth police said.
Joseph Seung Min Park, 20, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct and “two other weapons charges” in connection with Lopes’ death, said Officer Ted Sadowski.
Park, Lopes and others were “hanging out” when Park took a “clip or a magazine” out of a gun and, believing it was empty, pointed it at Lopes, Sadowski said. There was one bullet in the chamber and Park pulled the trigger, accidentally shooting Lopes, Sadowski said.
Police believe the incident was accidental.
“If it wasn’t an accident, he’d be charged with murder,” Sadowski said.
Park turned himself in at the Duluth Police Station on Wednesday.
Original story:A 19-year-old is in critical condition after a 2 a.m. shooting, Duluth police said.
Police responding to the shooting at a Duluth home at 2:09 a.m., and the victim was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville. He was last known to be in critical condition.
Friends and witnesses told officers it was an “accidental shooting,” but police are still investigating.
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