A 12-year-old boy shot and killed his 14-year-old cousin

a 12 year old boy He shot and killed his 14-year-old cousin. This Sunday, in a residential area of Brownsville, BrooklynThe New York police reported yesterday that they were still investigating whether the young man “He was playing with a gun” When the incident happened.

The minor, who was arrested this Sunday and whose name has not been revealedHe has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and weapons possession for the incident, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. local time.

When officers arrived on scene, they found the 14-year-old in the living room, police said. -Identified as Jasai Guy- He was unconscious and unresponsive due to a bullet wound in his chest. Subsequently, he was shifted to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead immediately.

The 12-year-old boy had gone to meet his cousin on the fifth floor from an apartment building where he lived with his father – a firefighter by profession – and his grandmother, according to local media.

Dushaun Almond, who directs Violence Out in Brownsville, An organization against violence in the neighborhoodsaid relatives told him the boys were playing with guns when they fired. It is not yet clear how they got the weapons.

According to an analysis published last year in the journal Pediatrics, Rate of firearm deaths between 2011 and 2021 In the United States it has increased by 87% among those under 18 years of age, making it the leading cause of death among children and adolescents.

In a press conference held last Wednesday, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Gang that killed two teenagers busted over a three-year period, and expressed sadness at the toll gun violence has taken on young people in New York and across the country.