'No charges are warranted,' the sheriff says, calling the shooting a 'horrible accident.'
A man shot and killed his son-in-law who jumped out of the bushes to surprise him for his birthday, in what the local sheriff called a"horrible accident."The incident began when 37-year-old Christoper Bergan, who lives in Norway, arrived at a Florida airport around 11 p.m. Tuesday and then headed directly to his father-in-law's house in the Pensacola area, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said at a news conference on Thursday.
Dennis was startled, Johnson said, and the two got into a verbal altercation before the relative left."Anybody who is religious out there, you need to pray for this family," the sheriff said."I can't imagine what they're going through... it's horrible." Bergan, who is married to Dennis' daughter, had lived in Florida before moving to Norway, the sheriff said.
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