A 10-year-old boy was killed in a shooting at an Edwardsville home on Wednesday night, according to the Luzerne County Coronerâs Office.
The child, who was not identified, was shot at a home on Tobin Lane shortly before 9:30 p.m. and was rushed to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy Dr. Gary Ross conducted Thursday determined the boy died of a single gunshot wound.
The manner of death was pending further investigation.
Authorities said they are working to determine whether the shooting was the result of an accidental discharge.
Edwardsville police and the Luzerne County District Attorneyâs Office are investigating the shooting, with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police Forensic Services Unit.
The 10-year-old boy killed in a shooting in Edwardsville Wednesday night was the victim of an accidental discharge, the Luzerne County District Attorneyâs Office said.
The boy, who has not been publicly named, was shot while jumping on a couch at a home on Tobin Lane around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Someone was clearing the chamber of a gun nearby when the weapon accidentally discharged, shooting the boy, prosecutors said.
The boy was rushed to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The weapon was sent to the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Lab for testing.
No charges had been filed as of Friday. Prosecutors said the investigation was ongoing.
The triple shooting in Plains Twp. motivated by a dispute about snow removal will be officially ruled a murder-suicide, according to the Luzerne County District Attorney s Office.
Authorities said Jeffrey Spaide, 47, of 6 W. Bergh St., shot and killed his neighbors, James Goy, 50, and his wife Lisa Goy, 48, on Monday morning as they were shoveling snow outside their home at 13 W. Bergh St. Spaide then killed himself as police arrived on scene, prosecutors said.
After a review of the case, District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said Tuesday she will direct the investigation to be closed.
Prosecutors said officers were dispatched to West Bergh Street shortly before 9 a.m. Monday to a report of shots fired.
Feb. 4, 2021 1:08 pm
This is the worst thing I’ve seen in a long time. It is the brutal murder of two neighbors in Pennsylvania after they got into an argument over snow removal. The man who shot them killed himself when police arrived.
Prosecutors said a man in Pennsylvania shot and killed a couple in a murder-suicide over a snow removal dispute on Monday, the same day a major winter storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow in parts of the Northeast.
Jeffrey Spaide fatally shot his neighbors, James Goy and his wife, Lisa Goy, before killing himself on Monday morning when officers were called to West Bergh Street in Plains Township, about 15 miles southwest of Scranton, according to the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office.
Three people, including the shooter, are dead after a dispute over snow shoveling in Plains, Pennsylvania, outside Wilkes-Barre on Monday, Plains Township Police Chief Dale Binker told CNN on Tuesday.