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Police say a 12-year-old girl fatally shot her 14-year-old cousin, then herself, in a live broadcast on Instagram that the girl’s mother portrayed as a “freak accident” that occurred during a family party.
But family members who watched the video said it showed otherwise.
The children were alone in a bathroom at an apartment space that had been rented for the family birthday celebration.
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“Everybody was getting together to celebrate, and so the younger kids, they got a bed and breakfast,” Harvey said, according to KSDK. “They were making a video, and (Paris) was playing with the gun, but it went off and hit him.”
Police still are investigating who owned the gun and whether anyone might face related charges, reports KSDK. Neither of the children’s mothers was present at the party.
The police department later posted a graphic depicting white lilies to itsofficial Facebook page, along with the words, “We are sending our heartfelt condolences to the family of 12-year-old Paris Harvey & 14-year-old Kuaron Harvey who tragically passed away on 3/25/22.”
Family members created separate GoFundMe pages to help cover funeral costs forKuaronandParis.
The two cousins were raised together, often FaceTimed, pulled pranks and made videos together, family members told thePost-Dispatch. They described the seventh-grader Paris as a “beautiful spirit” and said Kuaron was a funny eighth-grader who could do “backflips out of this world.”
Family members told the newspaper that they believed the gun belonged to the boy.
“No matter how good we try to raise our kids, they still are going to venture off,” the girl’s mother said.
source: people.com
