By Associated Press - Monday, June 19, 2017

SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania State Police are trying to figure out how a 4-year-old boy got ahold of a gun before fatally shooting himself in the face.

Troopers in Monroe County haven’t charged anyone in the death Sunday of Bentley Thomas Koch at a home in Chestnuthill Township.

The district attorney also is investigating.



An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday.

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