Incident

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7-29-2019 Pennsylvania Columbia 1-1

Location

July 29, 2019

Incident Address

Columbia, Pennsylvania

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Nicholas Mills
Age: 19
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Friends
Name: Antonio Acosta
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Thought gun was unloaded
Playing with gun
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person
Stolen/Illegally owned gun{s} recovered during arrest/warrant

Notes

Shot in throat, AD while friend was playing with gun. manslaughter charges dropped against shooter Acosta; chgd involuntary manslaughter

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 9mm

Sources

URL: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/07/teenager-fatally-shot-man-while-playing-with-a-gun-report.html

URL: https://local21news.com/news/local/police-at-scene-of-reported-shooting-in-lancaster-county

URL: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/year-old-charged-in-monday-night-s-fatal-shooting-in/article_0a0f3f58-b2d4-11e9-b759-b3fcbd6cfec4.html

URL: https://www.wgal.com/article/police-respond-to-shooting-in-columbia-fatal-nicholas-mills-antonio-acosta/28545494

URL: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/08/murder-charge-dropped-teen-accused-of-shooting-man-while-playing-with-gun-will-face-manslaughter-count-instead.html

URL: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/man-pleads-guilty-to-fatally-shooting-friend-last-year-in-columbia/article_be392740-f361-11ea-8da4-abe732849c92.html

District

Congressional District: 11
State Senate District: 36
State House District: 98