Claim of Koerner v. Orangetown Police Department

—Weiss, J.

Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 13, 1984, which held that the injuries to claimant’s decedent arose out of and in the course of employment, and awarded benefits.

The instant claim arises out of the fatal shooting of claimant’s husband, a 34-year-old policeman. Claimant testified that she discovered decedent’s .38-caliber Colt revolver in one of the children’s bedrooms, which she retrieved in order to show decedent, who was sleeping in the master bedroom. Upon entering that room, claimant tripped over a pillow and the *572gun accidentally…