JULY 15, 15:10 ET
Teen Shot in Head at Gun Show Dies
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy died Monday after being shot in the head while attending a gun show with his father.
Stephen King of Prattville, Ala., was struck in the eye Sunday by a bullet that lodged in his brain. He died after surgery at an Atlanta hospital.
It was unclear how the shooting happened or whose gun, a .38-caliber revolver, was involved. Police said they believe it went off accidentally.
The boy's father, Anthony Grant, of Montgomery, Ala., said his son was standing on his side and facing a vendor's counter when the gun fired.
``We were looking at holsters. I was reaching to get money out of my pocket when the shot went off,'' Grant said. ``There were all kinds of people behind the counter. I was looking down, so I didn't see anything.''
Vendors at gun shows are allowed to carry loaded handguns for protection but cannot display them on a table or let customers handle them, authorities said. Other loaded guns are not allowed, except for those carried by police officers or security guards.
``All we know for sure is it was an accidental discharge of a handgun,'' Gwinnett County police spokesman Ray Dunlap said. ``At this point, we don't know if it was a vendor's gun, but it was not a gun being exhibited on a table.''
Teen Shot in Head at Gun Show Dies
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy died Monday after being shot in the head while attending a gun show with his father.
Stephen King of Prattville, Ala., was struck in the eye Sunday by a bullet that lodged in his brain. He died after surgery at an Atlanta hospital.
It was unclear how the shooting happened or whose gun, a .38-caliber revolver, was involved. Police said they believe it went off accidentally.
The boy's father, Anthony Grant, of Montgomery, Ala., said his son was standing on his side and facing a vendor's counter when the gun fired.
``We were looking at holsters. I was reaching to get money out of my pocket when the shot went off,'' Grant said. ``There were all kinds of people behind the counter. I was looking down, so I didn't see anything.''
Vendors at gun shows are allowed to carry loaded handguns for protection but cannot display them on a table or let customers handle them, authorities said. Other loaded guns are not allowed, except for those carried by police officers or security guards.
``All we know for sure is it was an accidental discharge of a handgun,'' Gwinnett County police spokesman Ray Dunlap said. ``At this point, we don't know if it was a vendor's gun, but it was not a gun being exhibited on a table.''
