Man dies after dropping gun and accidentally shooting himself reaching to comfort crying baby
Pennsylvania father Kenneth Morris, 28, drops weapon from holster and suffers fatal stomach wound while out driving with infant son
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Your support makes all the difference.Police say 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.
Berwick police say 28-year-old Kenneth Morris reached through the car's rear driver's side door to comfort his son when the .357-caliber gun fell from Morris' shoulder holster.
When Morris tried to grab the falling weapon, he accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting himself in the stomach.
Police say surveillance video captured the shooting, which happened on Tuesday afternoon in a driveway of a home. Morris was from the Nescopeck area.
He was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
AP
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