A 20-year-old man is facing a charge of manslaughter after police say he accidentally shot and killed his friend while inside a vehicle in West Palm Beach.
According to the arrest affidavit, Xavier Gomez was in the rear passenger seat of a vehicle driving along Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard when he pulled out his semiautomatic handgun. The gun discharged, striking the front passenger seat and hitting 23-year-old Jason Cano-Ortega in the back.
The four other occupants in the vehicle told police that the discharge of the gun was accidental, according to the arrest documents…