Cincinnati
August 20, 2015
A 19-year-old man is dead and his 18-year-old friend is in jail after an accidental shooting in Springfield Township on Wednesday.
Police said Christopher Watley, 18, was “playing around” with a .32-caliber revolver when the gun fired and a bullet struck Joshua Wilson, 19, in the head, according to court records.
Watley and Wilson were sitting in Wilson’s home in the 1300 block of Woodland Avenue watching television around 3:15 p.m. when the shot was fired, police said.
Wilson was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
Police determined the shooting was accidental after interviewing witnesses.
Watley and Wilson had been friends since their early teen years and Watley had been staying with the Wilson family for a few days before the incident, police said.