Stepdad Pleads Guilty to Fatally Shooting 8-Year-Old Boy While Trying to ‘Look Cool’

A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of his 8-year-old stepson earlier this year while trying to “look cool” by showing off his guns. Steven Merkel, 53, is expected to be sentenced on November 20, the Town of Geneva said in a Facebook post. Merkel called 911 at about …