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| Gorman, left, and Steczko |
He had bought the firearm four years earlier to go hunting but had never gone yet. Nonetheless he apparently liked to clean the weapon regularly. The gun went off and Gorman was killed.
Kevin's mother Nellie came down and asked what the noise was but he reassured her that it was nothing.
Kevin's brothers John and Brian were downstairs watching TV and didn't hear a thing, no idea where sister Stephanie was.
Kevin's brothers John and Brian were downstairs watching TV and didn't hear a thing, no idea where sister Stephanie was.
The panicked Kevin Steczko dragged his friend's dead body outside about a block away in behind 2340 Rozel and covered it with a plastic tarp and old tires.
When the boy's parents asked him where their son had gone, Steczko told them that he had decided to move to Ontario and they'd never see him again.
But on February 18 someone stumbled across the body and Steczko was forced to confess to having killed his friend.
Steczko, who initially lied to police about what happened, eventually told them that the trigger was more sensitive than he had imagined and that he accidentally shot his younger friend in the head.
Police tested the gun and found the trigger to be quite normal.
There was also some debate over whether the rifle was actually touching Gorman's head when fired.
There was also some debate over whether the rifle was actually touching Gorman's head when fired.
Steczko was found criminally responsible for his friend's death.