New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- In a heartbreaking incident in Illinois, US, a man has been charged after he accidentally shot and killed his teenage daughter while trying to shoot a bird.

The accused, identified as David Schultheis from Prairie Du Rocher, was reportedly attempting to kill a buzzard that had flown into a brick building on July 21. According to authorities, the bullet passed through the bird, shattered a window, and struck his daughter, Emma Schultheis, who was nearby.

Emma, who was just six days away from her 15th birthday, was given immediate CPR and life-saving treatment by emergency responders before being rushed to a St. Louis-area hospital. Despite efforts to save her, she was later pronounced dead, reported the New York Pos...