LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Deputies are investigating the demise of a 19-year-old man in northwest Arizona after responding to a report of an unintentional capturing on Monday morning within the mountains southeast of Kingman.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace (MCSO) posted info Tuesday on social media figuring out the sufferer as Donald Anthony Stickrath.
The investigation “revealed that the victim was manipulating his handgun when it discharged and struck him,” MCSO’s publish stated.
Deputies responding to the decision at about 9:20 a.m. went to a campground off of Flag Mine Highway, and located two males inside a tent performing CPR on Stickrath. The deputies assisted, however had been unable to get a pulse, based on MCSO. Medical personnel responding to the scene additionally discovered no pulse, and the sufferer was declared lifeless on the scene.
Flag Mine Highway is off of Hualapai Mountain Highway not removed from Pine Lake, however there may be additionally E. Flag Mine Highway, which runs close to Wild Cow Springs Campground farther to the south. It is unclear the place the incident occurred.
The physique was taken from the scene by the Mohave County Medical Examiner, and the investigation is ongoing.