Efrain Cruz Jr. was trying to load a semi-automatic handgun when Pedro Hernandez Jr., 56, was shot in the chest at a home on McDermott Street in Freehold Borough Sunday, the outlet said.
Cruz had invited him and another friend over to drink alcohol and look at guns, NJ.com says. He was jailed on a reckless manslaughter charge.
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