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Another possibility is that he threatened her with the gun but she called his bluff and then he followed through with the threat. And no, that isn't trying to put blame on her, it's saying that he might have gone in intending to just threaten her but then deliberately killed her when it didn't work.
Your scenario is murder 3 (didn't intend to kill but did act in malice leading to the negligent death).
This scenario would be murder 2 (didn't plan to kill her when he brought her into the room but decided to kill her in the heat of the moment).
But it's possible it was murder 1 (brought her in there with full intent to kill her).
Murder 3 I'm not sure about but think the difference between it and manslaughter is malicious intent behind the actions that lead to the death.
Though not sure why he wasn't charged at all, since even his version would be manslaughter as his negligence absolutely lead to her death (combo of handling the gun while drunk, it was loaded, safety off, finger on trigger, pointing at her chest).