Sex Act Using Gun Leads To Woman’s Death, Partner Charged

VALRICO, FL -- A Valrico man has been charged with manslaughter after Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say he was using a handgun during sexual foreplay and killed his sex partner.

According to the sheriff's office, around 12:30 p.m. on May 26, Andrew Charles Shinault, 24, of the 1000 block of Grand Canyon Drive off Mulrennan Road in Valrico was "engaging in an act of foreplay involving his registered gun" at his home when he shot his partner, a woman who is also in her 20s.

The woman was shot in the upper body. She was transported to Brandon Regional Hospital where she later died.

On Friday, the sheriff's office charged Shinault with manslaughter with a weapon. He was booked into the Orient Road Jail on a $50,000 bond.