A 32-year-old Pensacola man was killed after a gun apparently accidentally discharged at a home in Lynn Haven, according to the Lynn Haven Police Department.
Investigator Steve McNeil identified the victim as Anthony Jamar Pickering.
Police said he was killed at 1 a.m. Saturday at a home at 415 Kentucky Ave. from “an accidental discharge while handling a firearm.”
The only other person at home at the time was Pickering’s brother Allan Jermaine Pickering.
“Police would like to stress that this does not appear to be an act of violence and there is no danger to the community,” McNeil said in a press release.
The investigation by police and the Medical Examiner’s Office is continuing. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Lynn Haven Police Department at 265-4111 or the CrimeStoppers at 850-785-TIPS.