HARRISON DEADLY SHOOTING
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A MAN WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS FRIEND BACK IN MAY.
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT 57-YEAR OLD JOEY WILLIAMS WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION AND 180 DAYS OF ELECTRONIC HOME DETENTION. BACK IN MAY, WILLIAMS WAS CLEANING A FIREARM WITH HIS FRIEND, 48-YEAR-OLD LOUIS CHRISTMAN, IN HARRISON TOWNSHIP, NORTH OF DAYTON, WHEN THE GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED A SINGLE BULLET, HITTING CHRISTMAN IN THE HAND AND CHEST. CHRISTMAN DIED AT MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. WILLIAMS PLEASED GUILTY TO NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. THIS INCIDENT WAS THE AREA'S FIFTH THIS YEAR.