Connor Bell died of his injuries after his friend Jack Beechy, 18, pulled the trigger, mistaking it for the safety catch A 17-year-old died after he was accidentally shot in the head with an air rifle by his friend at a house party, an inquest has been told. Connor Bell had been drinking at a friend’s house in Basingstoke, Hampshire on 8 November last year when Jack Beechy fired the fatal shot by mistaking the trigger for the safety catch, the inquest heard.
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