Police probe shooting death at Pa. gun club

LEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot at an eastern Pennsylvania gun club has died.

Northern Berks Regional Police were called to the Leesport Gun Club in Ontelaunee Township just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Chief Scott W. Eaken says a group of three or four people had been firing rifles, pistols and a shotgun for at least an hour when a 22-caliber pistol being handled by one man went off, hitting him in the head.

Eaken says he was taken by ambulance to Reading Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 7:30 a.m. Monday. An autopsy is planned Tuesday afternoon.

Eaken says authorities are “tentatively leaning toward” classifying the case an accidental shooting, but the investigation continues.

He says the 30-year-old victim was staying in Reading but may be from Philadelphia.