By EMS1 Staff
BERKS COUNTY, Pa. — A paramedic died last March 31 when his friend accidentally shot him in the back.
Patch.com reported that Plymouth Ambulance paramedic Daniel Smith and his friend, Daniel Brymer, were playing with an airsoft gun when the incident occurred.
According to court documents, Smith gave Brymer the airsoft gun after shooting him twice in the back, and Brymer tucked it in his front pocket next to his real handgun.
Brymer then mistook the real gun for the airsoft gun and shot Smith.
Smith was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Brymer was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter.
The Berks County District Attorney called the incident a “tragic accident” and a “senseless use of a firearm in a reckless manner.”
Smith’s obituary said he was also a Pennsylvania State Constable and was described as a hard worker who loved to make people laugh.
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