(CNN) -- A New Hampshire police chief was cited Friday for improperly storing his service firearm after a teenager used the weapon to commit suicide in the chief's home in March, according to the local prosecutor. Danville Police Chief Wade Parsons allegedly left his firearm, a .40-caliber Glock 22 pistol, on top of a safe in his bedroom closet on March 11, said Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams. Parsons left the house to run errands, while the boy -- the 15-year-old son of the chief's girlfriend -- remained in the home. "The service weapon was used by a juvenile to shoot himself while no one else was home," Reams said in a news release.
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New Hampshire police chief is cited after his fiream is used by a teenager for suicide
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The weapon was left unsecured while the chief was away from home on errands, authorities say
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Dead is the 15-year-old son of the chief's girlfriend
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Chief is cited with improperly storing a gun
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