Teenager accidentally shot dead by pal with air rifle at drunken house party

Connor Bell had been drinking with friends in Basingstoke, Hampshire, when Jack Beechy fired the fatal shot by mistaking the trigger for the safety catchHampshire police rushed to the scene in Basingstoke (stock image)(Image: Tony Kershaw / SWNS)A teenager killed his “deeply loved” friend by accidentally firing an air rifle at him during a drunken house party, an inquest has heard.