Detroit police believe teen may have accidentally shot, killed himself

Police believe teen shot himself by accident


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Posted: 08/31/2012

DETROIT (WXYZ) - Detroit police believe a 16-year-old boy may have accidentally shot and killed himself thinking there were no bullets in the gun he was holding.

Family members tell 7 Action News the teen was in the garage of a relative’s home when the gun went off.

The teen was a student at Cody High School.

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