Sentenced: PA Man Charged In 3YO Son's Shooting Death, Loaded Gun Left Under Sofa

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An eastern Pennsylvania man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 3-year-old boy who authorities say shot himself with a handgun left unattended last month.

Jose Hilario Abreu, 28, was arraigned Friday on the charge as well as two counts of child endangerment in the March 28 death of Elijah Abreu Borgen. Prosecutors said the child was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest but died of a gunshot wound to the torso; his death was ruled accidental.

Lehigh County prosecutors accuse Abreu of leaving the semi-automatic handgun unattended and fully loaded with a live cartridge in the chamber while the victim and a 2-year-old child were present.

Prosecutors allege that Abreu said he placed the gun under the sofa the two toddlers were sitting on and left the room, then heard a loud bang and returned to find Elijah with a gunshot wound to the chest. Prosecutors said that when the gun discharged, it “was unholstered and resting atop of a pillow on the couch where both toddlers were sitting.”

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Jose Hilario Abreu was sentenced to serve 18 to 60 months in state prison after his 3-year-old son fatally shot himself with a gun left unattended under a couch, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Allentown father sentenced in accidental shooting of son, 3

Jose Hilario Abreu, 29, of the 900 block of East Hamilton Street in Allentown, in December pleaded pleaded guilty felony child endangerment.

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