BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Authorities say a 16-year-old boy told police he accidentally shot a man with a rifle while a group of people were playing video games in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Hezekiah Goodman is charged with criminal homicide, according to court paperwork.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the shooting happened during a gathering inside a home on the 1100 block of Maple Street on Oct. 30, right before the city’s Halloween trick-or-treating. Officers responded to the scene around 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
The Lehigh County Coroner said Jose Yapur De Los-Santos, 21, died two days after the shooting.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Police Capt. William Audelo said a group of four people in a bedroom were hanging out and playing video games before gunfire rang out.<\/p>\n
Goodman told police the rifle was on the bed that the group was sitting on, court documents say.<\/p>\n
According to court paperwork, Goodman said the rifle had been lying on the bed since he arrived at the home earlier in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Goodman said he picked up the rifle and he \u201caccidentally shot it,\u201d court paperwork says.<\/p>\n
According to police, Goodman said he knew a magazine was in the rifle and that a magazine typically contains ammunition. He admitted to touching the rifle and the magazine, court documents say.<\/p>\n
Goodman said he ran away from the home after the rifle went off because he was scared, but went back to the scene, according to court paperwork.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, the incident was originally reported as a fight, but two people who were in the room told police nobody was arguing before the rifle went off.<\/p>\n
Court documents say authorities later recovered the rifle at the home.<\/p>\n
Capt. William Audelo said authorities determined that the firearm belonged neither to Goodman nor anyone that was in the room at the time it went off.<\/p>\n
Goodman faces a preliminary hearing Nov. 17. He is in Northampton County Prison after his bail was denied, court documents say.<\/p>\n
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