Boy, 9, Accidentally Shoots, Kills 17-Year-Old in Philly Home, Source Says

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A 17-year-old boy accidentally shot a 9-year-old Saturday inside an East Germantown neighborhood home, Philadelphia police said. A law enforcement source told NBC10 the teen later died.

Philadelphia police said the two children were in a room of the East Ashmead Street home before 6 p.m. with a BB gun and a handgun. The 9-year-old picked up the handgun, believing it was unloaded, and pulled the trigger.

A 7-year-old girl at the scene, on Ashmead Street, suffered an injury to her foot as she ran out of the home after the shooting, police said.There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia.

 

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So which story is true? This is reporting? Is this the work of an intern?

Guns in the home around kids, and now they have to live with the lost of a love one gone way too soon by his OWN FAMILY ? 🥺😥😢🌹🙏🙏🙏

Where's the parents? I haven't seen of that being mentioned. Same stories like this over and over. The parent is responsible of the gun if it goes that way or the 17 year old. Where it come from?

I guess the headline being incorrect doesn’t matter bc the boys were POC?

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You have two conflicting versions of who shot whom.

Change your headline -- it's inaccurate.

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