Woman who accidentally shot boyfriend dead while posing with a rifle for Snapchat charged with manslaughter
A Texas woman claims she was posing with a rifle for a Snapchat photo when she accidentally shot and killed her boyfriend, according to official reports
According to court documents, a 20-year-old woman who accidentally shot her boyfriend dead in December while posing with a gun for Snapchat is now facing a manslaughter charge.
On December 23. authorities responded to a shooting at the 12500 block of Rampart Street in North Austin and found 26-year-old Eric Allen with a fatal gunshot wound. His girlfriend, 20-year-old Autumn King, told officers that they were going to take a picture with a rifle when it accidentally went off, the New York Post reported.
Officials wrote in an affidavit filed in court: "King told officers she had the rifle pointed towards Eric and that the assault rifle 'went off'.