15-year-old shoots and kills another teen while playing with gun, Colorado cops say
A 15-year-old boy died after another teen was playing with a gun and it went off, hitting them both, police in Colorado said.
The boys were driven to the hospital by a third teen, who police say also was there during the shooting but wasn’t hurt, the Aurora Police Department said in a March 10 post on Facebook.
The 15-year-old with “life-threatening injuries” from the shooting died at the hospital, according to police.
The teen accused of playing with the gun when it discharged was arrested and is expected to face a second-degree murder charge, police said.
He’s also 15 years old, as is the uninjured teen, police said.
All three boys were in a home in Aurora at about 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, when the shooting happened, police said.
Police are investigating how they got the gun, per the release.
Aurora is about a 10-mile drive east from Denver.
This story was originally published March 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM with the headline "15-year-old shoots and kills another teen while playing with gun, Colorado cops say."
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