A 16-year-old boy was shot in the head in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia Tuesday night in what appears to be a case of kids playing with a gun.
He died Thursday, according to Philadelphia Police.
Police on the scene said four kids were playing with a gun inside a home on the 3900 block of Elser Street when it went off hitting the 16-year-old boy in the head, police said.
They didn't realize the gun was loaded, cops said.
After the shooting the the 17-year-old boy accused of holding the gun when it went off ran. He returned home after seeing his mother crying on NBC 10's 11 a.m. newscast Wednesday morning, police said.
She says the boys were looking at her husband's gun, which is registered. She also says it accidentally went off in her son's hands.
"I'm happy that the two other friends were here and went to the police station and tell the police that this was an accident," the boy's mother said.
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The boy was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and weapons charges, police said.
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