Police Chief Leaves Gun Unsecured, Finds Boy Dead at Home
A New Hampshire police chief was cited Friday for improperly storing his service firearm after a teenager used the weapon to commit suicide in the chief’s home in March, according to the local prosecutor.
Danville Police Chief Wade Parsons allegedly left his firearm, a .40-caliber Glock 22 pistol, on top of a safe in his bedroom closet on March 11, said Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams.
Parsons left the house to run errands, while the boy — the 15-year-old son of the chief’s girlfriend — remained in the home.
“The service weapon was used by a juvenile to shoot himself while no one else was home,” Reams said in a news release.
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