LELAND, N.C. (AP) — No criminal charges are being filed after investigators concluded a man was accidentally shot when a friend attempted to take a firearm away from him earlier this year.
The Brunswick County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release Thursday that 32-year-old Daniel T. Adams was shot dead on Jan. 5 in Leland as the result of a “tragic accident.”
Deputies say the unidentified friend was trying to disarm Adams after noticing Adams was handling the weapon in an “unsafe manner.”
Authorities say alcohol was a contributing factor in the shooting.