Two young people were accidentally shot and killed by friends today while playing with guns.

18-year old Armani Hall of Louisville, Kentucky was shot and killed by her 21-year old friend Adrianna King. King admitted that she had been playing with the gun.  She was arrested and charged with one count of reckless homicide.

In Tollhouse, California, a group of young men were drinking and playing with guns when they decided to shoot each other with rubber bullets.  After one of the men was shot with a rubber bullet without incident, 23-year old Bradly Smith donned a military helmet and protective vest.  His friend, Elvis Hernandez, accidentally picked up the wrong gun and shot Bradly with a powerful round.  Bradly died at the scene.

Hernandez was charged with involuntary manslaughter. “This is just a real cautionary tale, gun safety 101, you never point a firearm at somebody whether it’s loaded or unloaded, even if it’s a fake gun and to basically use somebody as target practice for fun, just not smart at all,” a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said.

Sources:

Sarah Jackson, “Friend Charged in Fatal Shooting of 18-year-old Shot,” Wave 3 News (December 14, 2020).

Angelica Lei Lani, “Alcohol and Gunplay Ends with Fatal Shooting in Tollhouse, Deputies Say,” YourCentralValley.com (December 14, 2020).