Kentucky Man Killed Inside Gun Store When Customer Accidentally Discharges Firearm

A man was killed at a Kentucky gun shop over the weekend when a fellow customer accidentally fired a weapon they were looking at, officials said.

The Kentucky State Police said Monday, July 1, that they are investigating the incident, which occurred at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Humphrey Double H Farms Enterprises Inc. in Carrollton, but no foul play is suspected.

Police said an unnamed customer in the store was looking at a firearm for sale and "manipulating it" when a single round discharged, striking 50-year-old Chad Wainscott of Worthville. He was transported to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.

"The individual in physical control of the firearm at the time it discharged is cooperating with investigators," police said. Police said the investigation is ongoing, but no charges have been filed.

According to Wainscott's obituary, he had recently become a grandfather, and he was "defined" by his love for the outdoors. For the last several years, he worked as a farmer alongside his father and spent his free time "hunting, collecting guns, hats & knives, searching for four leaf clovers, and capturing the beauty of sunsets and cows through photography."

—TMX contributed to this report.