COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — After losing his 17-year-old son to an accidental shooting, a Utah father has transformed his grief into a mission to prevent gun violence through education and support for affected families.
Jeff Jarrett founded the nonprofit “Harley’s Angels” after his son Harley was killed 11 years ago. He said his son’s friend accidentally shot him with what they thought was an unloaded gun.
“He went to a little get-together over at his friend’s house. Somebody had a stolen gun, and they broke it out,” Jarrett said. “They were all passing it around, checking it out, and my son’s friends, when it was his turn to look at the gun, he thought it wasn’t loaded, and as a joke, he put it to my son’s head, and he thought it wasn’t loaded, and he pulled the trigger.”…