Texas teen charged after friend killed as they played with gun
Boy, 15, was charged with manslaughter, police say
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GARLAND, Texas – A 15-year-old Dallas-area boy has been charged in juvenile court with manslaughter after he said his friend was fatally shot last week while they played with a gun, police said Monday.
The boy who has been charged says he and his friend, also 15, were playing with a gun on Feb. 8 at the friend’s house in the Dallas suburb of Garland when it went off accidentally, according to a Garland police statement.
The friend was taken to a Dallas hospital, where he died Monday, police said.
The victim’s identity hasn’t been released, and police are withholding the suspect’s name because he’s a juvenile.
Police say the shooting and the source of the gun remain under investigation.
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