Hillsborough County sheriff''s detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old man. David Lee Thayer Jr. of Seffner and another man were cleaning a 12-gauge shotgun Sunday afternoon when the gun discharged.

Thayer was hit in the face and died at the scene, 5326 Royal Oak Drive, sheriff''s spokesman J.D. Callaway said. The gun belonged to Christopher James Chabot, 24, who lives at that address.

The shooting was reported as an accident, Callaway said, but remains under investigation.