Police: Boy, 15, dead after accidental shooting in Norristown

Sunday, October 30, 2016
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- A 15-year-old boy is dead after what investigators say was an accidental shooting in Norristown, Pa.

It happened Sunday in the 600 block of George Street.
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According to police, several other juvenile males on the scene said the boy was waving a gun around when it went off.

The bullet hit him in the head. He was pronounced dead at Jefferson University Hospital.
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The name of the teen killed has not been released.
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