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18-year-old Kingfisher man facing potential jail time for allegedly accidentally killing his friend

Patrick Eugene Roedel is charged with manslaughter.

18-year-old Kingfisher man facing potential jail time for allegedly accidentally killing his friend

Patrick Eugene Roedel is charged with manslaughter.

THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A PELLETPG ABAIIG A YOUNG MAN IN KINGFISHER IS FACING POTENTILYAL YEARS IN PRISON FOR WHAT INVESTIGATORS DESCRIBE AS ACCIDENTALLY KILLING HIS FRID.EN REPORTER: PATRICK EUGENE ROEDEL IS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. HE’LL TURN 19 NEXT MOH.NT AND WHILE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY DO NOT THINK ROEDEL MEANT TO KI LL HIS FRIEND. THE ACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS ARE UNBELIEVABLY CARELE. THIS HAPPENED APRIL 7. ACCOING RDTO INVESTIGATORS ROEDEL ADMITTED TO UNLOADING HIS PISTOL AND THEN AIMING IT AT HIS FRIEND AND PRETENDING TO SHOOT M.HI INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE’S VIDEO OF HIM POINTING THE GUN AT HIS FRIEND’S CELL PHONE AND PULLING THE TRIGGER MULTIPLE TIMES THEN ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS ROEDEL RELOADED THE GUN AND CHAMBERED A ROUN HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE THOHTUG THE GUN’S SAFETY WAS ON BUT ENWH HE PULLED THE TRIGGER THE BULLET HIT HIS FRIEND IN THE CHEST. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPIT.AL ACCORDING TO THESE DOCUMENTS. ROEDEL AT FIRST TOLD POLICE HIS FRIEND SHOT HIMSELF. BUT CHANGED HIS STORY ONCE INVESTIGATORS CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT THE VIDEO AND SOME OTHER FORENSIC EVI
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18-year-old Kingfisher man facing potential jail time for allegedly accidentally killing his friend

Patrick Eugene Roedel is charged with manslaughter.

A young man in Kingfisher is facing potential jail time for what investigators described as accidentally killing his friend.Patrick Eugene Roedel is charged with manslaughter. While investigators said they do not think the 18-year-old meant to kill his friends, the actions described in the documents are unbelievably careless.The incident took place on April 7. According to investigators, Roedel admitted to unloading his pistol, then aiming it at his friend and pretending to shoot him.Investigators said there’s a video of him pointing the gun at his friend’s cell phone and pulling the trigger multiple times.According to the documents, Roedel reloaded the gun and chambered a round. He told investigators he thought the gun’s safety was on but when he pulled the trigger, the bullet hit his friend in the chest.He was pronounced dead at the hospital. According to the documents, Roedel first told police his friend shot himself but changed his story once inve3stigators confronted him about the video and some other forensic evidence.

A young man in Kingfisher is facing potential jail time for what investigators described as accidentally killing his friend.

Patrick Eugene Roedel is charged with manslaughter. While investigators said they do not think the 18-year-old meant to kill his friends, the actions described in the documents are unbelievably careless.

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The incident took place on April 7. According to investigators, Roedel admitted to unloading his pistol, then aiming it at his friend and pretending to shoot him.

Investigators said there’s a video of him pointing the gun at his friend’s cell phone and pulling the trigger multiple times.

According to the documents, Roedel reloaded the gun and chambered a round. He told investigators he thought the gun’s safety was on but when he pulled the trigger, the bullet hit his friend in the chest.

He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

According to the documents, Roedel first told police his friend shot himself but changed his story once inve3stigators confronted him about the video and some other forensic evidence.