Police: Man Slain Over Beer Pong Game

Police said an argument over a game of beer pong led one man to fatally shoot another in the neck in Montgomery County over the weekend.

Bridgeport police and Montgomery County prosecutors announced Monday that they had filed first-degree murder, third-degree murder and related charges against Joseph Brian Jimenez, 24.

The shooting occurred Friday night at 11:40 p.m. Police said officers from Bridgeport Borough and Upper Merion Township responded to a report of a shooting in an alley located between two homes on the 100 block of West Second Street.

There, officer found 25-year-old Scott Riley, on the ground in the alley and bleeding profusely from his neck. He was rushed to Montgomery Hospital but pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators said a single .40-caliber shell casing was found on the ground near the victim, and police reported apprehending Jimenez near the scene.

Prosecutors said a silver, Taurus .40-caliber gun was found in a trash can behind a nearby home. A preliminary examination showed the firearm had one live round in the chamber and six live rounds in the magazine, and state police confirmed it was owned by Jimenez.

According to prosecutors, Jimenez admitted to police he was at a friend's home on West Second Street with Riley and others, went to leave, but ran into Riley in the alley, where he said, "Shoot me, shoot me, you guys ain't got the … ."

Jimenez told police that he took the handgun from where he had it concealed in his waistband and shot the victim one time. He said he then fled the scene before the police arrived and went home, abandoning the gun in a trash can along the way.

Jimenez's mother also told investigators she was asleep in her home on the first block of West Second Street when her son woke her up just after midnight. He allegedly told his mother that he had been playing beer pong with the victim and his gun fell and went off.

A witness inside the home where the two men had been told police she had seen them arguing over a game they were playing.

Jimenez was arraigned and sent to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility without bail. A preliminary hearing is set for May 11 at 12:30 p.m. in Bridgeport.