Amish girl killed by man cleaning gun AAPDecember 21, 2011, 10:27 am The shooting death of a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy was caused by a man who accidentally shot his rifle into the air while cleaning it two kilometres away, US police say. Rachel Yoder was shot in the head on Thursday night while travelling to her home in Fredericksburg, Ohio. She had attended a Christmas party for employees at an Amish produce farm and was riding home alone when she was shot, police Captain Douglas Hunter said on Tuesday. Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly said the gun-cleaner's family came forward and his neighbours reported hearing a shot about the time the girl was wounded. The man had fired the muzzle-loading rifle in the air two kilometres from where Yoder was shot, Zimmerly said. State investigators were checking the rifle for a ballistics match, he said. "In all probability, it looks like an accidental shooting," Zimmerly said. No charges have been filed. The horse continued to cart the girl after she was shot, and she fell out of the buggy near her home. Her brother found her after he saw the horse walking in circles and went to check it. Authorities initially believed she had fallen out of the buggy and hit her head until a hospital test revealed the gunshot wound. Hunter said his department traced a trail of blood along the road in an area of farms and rolling hills. http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/12424736/amish-girl-killed-by-man-cleaning-gun/ RIP