In Salisbury, North Carolina, teenage boys were passing a gun around as they played video games.  A 13-year old was holding the gun when it went off and a 14 year-old boy was killed. According to police, the gun was stolen.

The mother of the 13-year old shooter told a reporter, “[n]one of them should have been in the presence of a firearm. That little boy that lost his life was my son’s best friend. That little boy was a part of my life just as well. It’s eating up everybody.”

She added, ““[h]e just wants to say that he’s sorry. He’s sorry, that’s all that it was, it was a big, big accident, and we can’t take that back.”

The boys’ high school was placed on lockdown after the incident as a precautionary measure.

Source:

David Whisenant, “Teen Shot, Killed While Playing Video Games in Salisbury Home, Police Say,” wbtv.com (September 13, 2021).