A young Florida deputy was accidentally shot and killed by his roommate — also an officer — while the pair took a break from playing video games, officials said.
Brevard County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Lawson called 911 early Saturday and told a dispatcher that he had accidentally fired a round at his colleague Austin Walsh, 23, and needed urgent help.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Lawson and Walsh were taking a break from playing an online video game just before the tragedy.
Lawson told investigators that he “jokingly” pointed a gun at his best friend and pulled the trigger, thinking that he had unloaded the firearm.
Walsh was struck once and died at the scene, cops said.
Lawson was taken into custody on a no-bond warrant by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on a manslaughter rap, Ivey said in a Facebook post.
He turned himself in on Sunday, officials said.
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