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    Boy, 13, arrested after shooting friend at Pinellas Park home

    By Jack Prator,

    7 days ago
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    Pinellas Park police have arrested a 13-year-old boy who they say accidentally shot his friend, also 13, Sunday. [ Times ]

    A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in the accidental shooting of another teen Sunday afternoon in Pinellas Park.

    Pinellas Park police say the boy snuck into a room in a home, stole a Glock 44 .22 caliber handgun and hid it in his bedroom.

    Later, while the two boys played video games, the boy “brandished the weapon to show his friend and began playing with it,” according to a news release from the agency.

    The gun was fired accidentally and a bullet struck the victim, also a 13-year-old boy, in the torso.

    The boy who fired the gun tossed the weapon over a fence,...

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