Thanks, Laverne.
Just found this on Fox website. Apparently the shooting was in July. Why is it only being discussed now? ..
Legislator Speaks Out on Teen's Death
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
GREENSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania legislator on Tuesday denied any involvement in the shooting death of a 14-year-old neighbor whose body was found next to the senator's gun this summer.
Investigators have yet to determine whether Louis Farrell's death was an accident, suicide or homicide. The boy's father found his body July 22 near his home with a gunshot wound to the head.
The boy had a key to state Sen. Robert Regola's house and had been caring for the senator's dogs.
Regola released a statement through his attorney, Mark Rush, saying he wanted to address public speculation about the investigation.
"Neither my son, Bobby, nor I had any involvement in the tragic death of Lou Farrell,"Regola said.
Rush said the senator's 16-year-old son and Farrell had a six-minute telephone call the night before Farrell's body was found, but did not say what the teens had talked about.
"I was in Harrisburg during the entire period in question,"Regola said in the statement."Bobby was away from home all day at Idlewild Park with his girlfriend and her parents; they brought him home late that night.
His son was then visited by a relative at the Regola home with the security system activated, he said.
"The security records, which have been turned over to investigators, show that no one left or entered the house during the time he was alone,"Regola said.
Regola said he had kept the gun stored in a case in his bedroom.