PHILADELPHIA - Officials in Philadelphia have announced charges against a man after they say his niece was killed in an accidental shooting in Kingsessing last week.On Wednesday, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced charges against the victim's 28-year-old uncle, Tyree Mills.
Mills has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and related firearms offenses.The District Attorney's Office says the girl was fatally shot inside of her home on the 5500 block of Whitby Avenue around 9:30 p.m.
last Thursday because of access to an unsecured firearm. On the night of the shooting, police responded to the home and found the girl unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to the head in the rear second-floor bedroom.