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Father not charged in son’s death

PITTSBURGH — A district attorney decided to not file criminal charges against a man in the accidental fatal shooting of his 7-year-old son outside a Western Pennsylvania gun store.

Mercer District Attorney Robert Kochems announced he would not charge Joseph Loughrey, 44, of Jefferson Township, with carrying a firearm without a license.

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Oh yeah. No need for Gun Control here, hm?