Zyon Williams, 19, of Clovis, New Mexico told police he was walking with two of his friends with his grandmother’s 9mm XD pistol tucked into the waistband of his pants. He was playing with the pistol as he approached the building where Shammiel Kirven, age 17, was standing and he pointed it at her. The gun went off and Shammiel was killed.

“The victim was not an intended victim; she was not a target,” a Clovis Police Captain said.  “There was some careless activity. Basic fundamentals in gun safety were not followed.”  Williams was charged with abuse of a child resulting in death.

Source:

Grant McGee, “Suspect: Teen’s Death Was ‘All an Accident’” The Eastern New Mexico News, (August 6, 2022).