Ben Nesheiwat, 44, was pronounced dead the next day from a gunshot wound to the head caused by a .38-caliber handgun that was kept in the tackle box.

President-elect Trump named Janette Nesheiwat, a former Fox News contributor and medical doctor in New York and New Jersey, as his nominee for surgeon general in his second administration. “I am proud to announce that Dr.

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, President-elect Donald Trump ‘s nominee for surgeon general, accidentally knocked over a gun when she was 13 years old, causing it to fire and fatally shoot her father in the head. The full details of the 1990 incident, which Nesheiwat had only partially disclosed, was revealed in a New York Times report on Friday.

Donald Trump’s pick for US Surgeon General was involved in a tragic gun accident that killed her father when she was only 13 years old. Dr Janette Nesheiwat was a teenager when she accidentally knocked a loaded gun over, which fired upon impact and fatally shot her father in the head.

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat has said that the accidental death of her father when she was 13 pushed her to pursue a career in medicine

In a recent development it has been known that US President- elect Donald Trump has selected a pretty famous doctor from the country for the post of US Surgeon General following the US Presidential Elections.

Nesheiwat has publicly referenced her father's death multiple times, though she has never mentioned her connection to the accident.