Mayfair man dies in accidental Super Bowl shooting

By Shannon McDonald

The Inquirer has the latest on an accidental shooting in Mayfair on Sunday.  Christopher Donaghy, the son of a Philadelphia police office, was fatally shot during a Super Bowl party in his Bleigh Avenue home by his neighbor, 49-year-old Ronald Parncutt, who was playing with the gun of a Plymouth Township police officer.

Donaghy was later pronounced dead at Frankford-Torresdale Hospital. It is reported that Parncutt is cooperating with police.

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