By Isolde Raftery, NBC News
Updated at 5:10 p.m. ET: A 7-year-old boy was fatally shot by his father outside a gun shop in western Pennsylvania, according to a Pennsylvania State Police report.
Joseph Loughrey, the father, had gone in?to Twig?s Reloading Den in East Lackawannock Township some time before 11 a.m. to sell a 9 mm gun, according to KDKA-TV Pittsburgh.
When Loughrey, 44, was getting back into the truck, police say he accidentally shot his son, Craig Loughrey. ??
The boy was seated in a booster seat on the passenger side of the vehicle, according to KDKA.
Authorities were called at 10:53 a.m. local time and found the boy lying next to the truck after a failed attempt at resuscitation. They stayed on scene until after 1 p.m., dispatchers said.
"All evidence at this point would suggest that this incident is accidental," the Pennsylvania State Police report stated.?
Store owner Leonard Mohney told NBC Philadelphia that the boy was shot in the gun shop's parking lot.?
Twig?s Reloading Den is an outdoor supply store about 70 miles from Pittsburgh.
Imy Howard, owner of Howard & Son Meat Packing store next door, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that her son heard a shot this morning. She said that Twig?s Reloading Den hosted target shooting in the back parking lot last week but not this week. ?
A Twig?s employee told the Post-Gazette that the incident was ?just an unfortunate accident.??
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