A man accidentally shot his friend in the face, killing him, after pulling the trigger on a shotgun he thought was unloaded, according to Maricopa County court documents.

Destin Molina, 20, was at his friend's apartment near 16th Street and Northern Avenue in Phoenix Thursday morning when the shooting occurred.

Molina, the victim and one other person were in the living room while three others were in an adjacent bedroom, documents say. Molina picked up a Mossberg Model 88 shotgun to make room for him to put his feet up as he sat down, according to the documents, which include a probable cause statement from police.

As he was holding the shotgun, Molina squeezed the trigger and the gun went off, hitting 20-year-old Omar Davis in the face, documents said. Molina put the gun down and checked on Davis, shaking him to see if he was OK, a witness told police, according to documents.

Molina then went to the adjacent bedroom where three others were, and stayed there until police arrived, documents said.

When he pulled the trigger, Molina said, he believed the shotgun was unloaded and told Phoenix police he had pulled the trigger before in the past because it was "always unloaded," documents said.

No evidence gathered by police suggested any fight or argument had occurred, and residents reported they were laughing and talking at the time of the shooting, according to records.

Davis died from the gunshot wound.

Molina was booked into jail on suspicion of one count of negligent homicide with bond set at $100,000, court documents said.

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