Amish girl's shooting 'an accident'

A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle accidentally shot and killed a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away, an Ohio sheriff says.

Amish girl's shooting 'an accident'

A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle accidentally shot and killed a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away, an Ohio sheriff says.

Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly said the accident occurred on Thursday night when a man fired his loaded rifle to clean it.

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