A 77-year-old Ohio woman is accused of fatally shooting a man who had “jokingly” asked her to shoot him

An Ohio woman was arrested after she allegedly shot and killed a man who had “jokingly” asked her to shoot him during “harmless banter,” according to police.

Kathleen Geiger, 77, is charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly killed 58-year-old Arthur Osborne in a Cincinnati apartment on Sunday.

Cincinnati police said officers responded to the shooting in the 2700 block of East Tower Drive on Sunday evening around 7:47 p.m. Osborne was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to an affidavit, Geiger “recklessly caused” Osborne's death by shooting him once in the pelvic region, Fox 19 reported.

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Kathleen Geiger, 77, is charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly killed Arthur Osborne, 58, on Sunday. (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office/Cincinnati Police Department)

The woman told police that she and Osborne “engaged in harmless banter when he jokingly asked her to shoot him,” police wrote in an affidavit.

Geiger said she didn't think her gun was loaded, pointed it at Osborne and pulled the trigger.

According to court documents cited by WLWT, she shot Osborne in the groin.

Geiger said she didn't think her gun was loaded, pointed it at Osborne and pulled the trigger. (iStock)

Prosecutors said at their arraignment that their belief that the gun was not loaded was “no excuse,” the source said.

“Everyone who owns a firearm has a responsibility to use it responsibly,” a prosecutor said. “You never point a firearm at something and pull the trigger unless you intend to destroy it. The defendant pointed a firearm at someone and pulled the trigger, resulting in their death.”

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