Crime & Safety
Monroe County Shooting: 4-Year-Old Boy Dies In Accident
Bentley Thomas Koch, 4, is dead after Pennsylvania State Police say he shot himself in the face Sunday at a Chestnut Hill Township home.
SAYLORSBURG, PA — Pennsylvania State Police are trying to figure out how a 4-year-old boy got ahold of a gun before fatally shooting himself in the face.
Troopers in Monroe County haven't charged anyone in the death Sunday of Bentley Thomas Koch at a home in Chestnuthill Township.
The district attorney also is investigating.
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An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday.
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