OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - A Washington, Mo. man was shot and killed in an incident police are calling an accident.
An autopsy has been ordered for Gary Steven Mense, 53, of Washington, Mo., who was found dead by police at 9:38 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, behind a business at the 5100 block of Highway 54 in Osage Beach.
Mense sustained a single gunshot wound to the chest from a high-powered rifle.
“All indications, at this point, are that while Mr. Mense was either placing his firearms in or removing them from his pick up, there was an accidental discharge of the firearm that fatally wounded the victim,” the press release from the Osage Beach Department of Public Safety said.
The investigation is ongoing pending the release of the autopsy report.
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