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Brother, another man charged in shooting death of 4-year-old in Coatesville
COATESVILLE, Pa. - Two men have been arrested and charged in connection to the shooting death of a four-year-old in Coatesville, the Chester County District Attorney announced Tuesday. Police say officers from the Coatesville City Police Department were called to the 300 block of East Chestnut Street around 5 p.m. on February 28. PREVIOUS: 4-year-old boy fatally shot in the face in Coatesville, police sayFour-year-old Roman Aguilera-Ortiz was found shot once in the face and pronounced dead by paramedics, police say. According to the DA, Aguilera-Ortiz's older brother, 18-year-old Victor Lara-Ortiz, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, firearms not to be carried without a license, endangering the welfare of a child and other related offenses. Police say Lara-Ortiz left his bedroom door open with a loaded gun unsecured on a table when the four-year-old found it and accidentally shot himself in the head. "There were no safety precautions whatsoever to secure the gun in any way," Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. According to police, 31-year-old William Thomas was also arrested for selling the gun to Lara-Ortiz.