Richard L. Moore Jr. doesn't know which of his 22 guns, locked in a bedroom and unloaded, killed 15-year-old Michael D. Brooks Jr. after a sleepover Saturday morning. His collection included black powder pistols, Western revolvers and military-style firearms, he said Monday.
It was a handgun, is all police will say about the weapon that killed Michael. The shooter was an 11-year-old boy, police said, and Michael was struck at least once in the head in what appeared to be an accident inside an apartment in Cherry Hill.
"There's definitely an issue of the weapons being properly stored," police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
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His gun collection was locked away in an upstairs room, Moore said, but there was a spare key pushed back on the top shelf of the hall closet. Moore said he is not sure if the spare key was used to enter the room by the three boys at the sleepover.
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