Shawn Massey, 38, was charged with first-degree murder this week in the killing of Joe Bottino, 54, of Gloucester Township, who was found dead two days before Christmas.
A Middletown man has had his charges upgraded to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his son last month in their apartment.
The Bucks County District Attorney s Office said in a news release Wednesday that investigators determined Jorddan Thornton s 2-year-old son accessed a loaded firearm and shot himself in the head with it on Dec. 2.
County detectives and Middletown police had been trying to determine how Thornton s son was shot since the incident occurred.
Thornton is charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering child welfare, both of which are felonies. Previously he had only been charged with endangering as the investigation continued.
DA: Hunter accused of fatally shooting teen in Nockamixon State Park turns himself in
By Lauren Dugan and FOX 29 staff
Published
DA: Man accused of fatally shooting teen in Nockamixon State Park turns himself in
FOX 29 s Lauren Dugan has the latest after a hunter accused of fatally shooting a teen at Nockamixon State Park turned himself in.
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - A hunter accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old last October in Nockamixon State Park has turned himself in and is expected to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and related charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Bucks County DA Matt Weintraub named 52-year-old Kenneth Heller as the man who is believed to have fatally shot Jason Kutt in the back of the head on Oct. 24 near the Old Ridge Road exit. Kutt, a recent graduate of Pennridge High School, died at the hospital two days later.
Updated on December 30, 2020 at 6:02 pm
NBC Universal, Inc.
What to Know
Kenneth Troy Heller was charged Wednesday and plans to plead guilty to the Oct. 24, 2020 killing of Jason Kutt.
Kutt, 18, was watching the sunset with his girlfriend in Nockamixon State Park when he was shot in the back of the neck.
Kutt s parents told NBC10 Wednesday that they want rules to change, so that hunters and the rest of the public are not in parks at the same time.
A Warminster machinist and hunter turned himself in and intends to plead guilty to fatally shooting a teenager in a Bucks County park two months ago.
BRISTOL TOWNSHIP Detectives with the Bristol Township Police Department and the Bucks County District Attorney s Office continue to investigate the shooting death of a young man in Bristol Township on Wednesday night, Dec. 23.
The victim has been identified as Shaquille Love, 21 of Bristol Township. An autopsy determined Love died of a single gunshot wound and the manner of death was homicide.
Bristol Township police were dispatched at 7:08 p.m. on Dec. 23 to the area of Edgely Road and Marion Avenue for a reported shooting. There, police found a Chrysler 200 stopped in the northbound lane of Edgely Road with the driver dead inside.