Heartbreaking Incident: Search Warrant Reveals 8-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot by Sister While Playing with a Gun Inside Fellows Avenue Apartment.
It is stated in the affidavit for the search warrant that the girl was shot in the back while her brother, who was 12 years old at the time, was removing a semi-automatic handgun with a caliber of.380 from its case, which was located in a drawer of the dresser.
The girl was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township by emergency medical technicians, but she passed away shortly after arriving at the facility.
The young lady was enrolled in the second grade at Lee Park Elementary School, which is located within the Hanover Area School District.
In a message that was sent out to the community of Hanover Area on Monday, District Superintendent Nathan Barrett indicated that grief counselors will be accessible to educators, staff, and students.
According to the search warrant, when officers arrived at the apartment located in the 500 block of Fellows Avenue near Scureman Street at approximately three in the morning on Monday, they were greeted by a girl who was fifteen years old. The girl led the officers to a bedroom on the third level of the apartment, where the eight-year-old was resting on the floor.
The girl was found to have a single gunshot wound to her back, as observed by the officers.
On a coffee table located on the second level, the police discovered a Sig Sauer semi-automatic handgun featuring a.380-caliber barrel that was unloaded. According to the search warrant, a spent projectile was found on the floor of the girl’s bedroom, and a magazine containing two rounds was found while the girl was sleeping.
According to the search warrant, the youngster told the police that he had partially opened the gun case and was playing with the pistol when it accidentally fired.
According to the search warrant, the police were able to retrieve a gun case that was locked with a gun lock from a dresser drawer located on the third floor of the building.
West Pittston District Judge Joseph Carmody issued the search warrant that gave the police permission to confiscate the pistol, ammo, and recordings that were made using both audio and video recording equipment.
Processing of the scene was carried out by the Forensic Services Unit of the Pennsylvania State Police Troop P.
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