Austin Walsh was allegedly killed when his roommate, Andrew Lawson, pulled the trigger of a gun he mistakenly believed to be unloaded.
was accidentally killed Saturday when his roommate pulled the trigger of a gun he mistakenly believed to be unloaded, authorities said. The roommate was also a deputy in the same sheriff’s department.
In the moments before the shooting took place, Ivey said, Walsh and Lawson had taken a break from playing an online game with a few of their friends. The pair were “just kind of standing around, talking,” Ivey said. “Lawson was holding a handgun which he believed he had unloaded and at one point in their conversation Lawson—thinking that the gun was unloaded—jokingly pointed the gun in Austin’s direction and pulled the trigger.
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