An adult Indiana man was “playing with” his loaded handgun, even cocking it and pointing it at friends, moments before he said it misfired, shooting a woman in the head and killing her.
Elliot Hines told police he started drinking after the shooting but had not been drinking when he was pointing the gun at his friends, WXIN reported.
“Oh my god, I can’t believe I just killed someone by accident,” he allegedly told officers when they arrived on the scene.
Witnesses said Hines kept pointing the gun at them even after they asked him to stop.
Witnesses told police that they had to convince Hines to stay on the scene and call 911 after he told them, “No, I’m gonna run.” A witness convinced him to take his gun apart and wait for police.
“I’m sorry…. can someone wipe my hands, her blood is all over my hands,” he reportedly said. ” … I just set it down and it just f***ing shot bro, it went straight in her f***ing face…. I f***ing killed her, Oh my God…. I’m so sorry.”
Hines said he had been “playing with” the gun and when his friends decided to go check on the dogs, he set it on a dryer and “must have hit the trigger.”
After he was brought in for questioning, a medic was called to the interview room when he said he was having a severe panic attack due to “killing his best friend.”
Hines has been charged with reckless homicide and three counts of pointing a firearm.
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