“It’s another tragedy. We have a 14-year-old male who was shot in the head and unfortunately passed away from the gunshot wound,” Dayton police Maj. Brian Johns said Tuesday afternoon during a press briefing.
Dayton police and medics were dispatched at 7:12 p.m. to the 600 block of Yale Avenue after a woman who called 911 said she needed an ambulance and police following an accidental shooting.
“We do believe that the gunshot occurred from horseplay. We don’t right now believe it was intentional,” Johns said.
The evidence suggests the teens were posing with a gun while taking photos for social media, he said.
“We’ll see social media photographs where young folks, they’re brandishing firearms, money and posting things like that. And we believe so far from evidence that was recovered that was occurring here,” Johns said.
Two adults were in the home when the shooting happened but were not aware the teens had a gun, he said.
No charges have been filed. Police are still investigating how the teens got the gun and who owned it.
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