Georgia teen dies by suicide after he accidentally fatally shoots friend

[SunSeeker]

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The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday in the suburb of Lawrenceville, about 30 miles outside of Atlanta. The Gwinnett County Police Department identified the teenagers in a tweet as Chad Carless, 17, and Devin Hodges, 15.

Hodges was showing off a handgun to a group of four friends in a makeshift shed near a home when the weapon went off and struck Carless, who was sitting next to him, police said. The three teens fled, while one called 911, the department said in a news release.

Hodges was seen by police running between two homes, the department said. He then shot and killed himself as officers were trying to find those involved, police said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-teen-dies-suicide-after-he-accidentally-fatally-shoots-friend-n953581?cid=referral_taboolafeed

[betsuni]

1. Tragic, horrible.

[JI7]

2. i wonder where the gun came from

[vlyons]

3. who keeps a loaded gun, where a kid can get it as a play toy?

nt

[KG]

4. yay. guns.

[Progressive Jones]

5. Yes, very tragic. Also another example of the sick American gun culture. nt

Sorry, all you firearms traditionalists, but guns are fucking stupid. Two kids are dead here because of stupidity.

[Kurt V.]

6. sad indeed.

[ananda]

7. The only thing a gun is designed to do is kill.

It has no other useful function.

[Delarage]

8. Yup

Knives cut apples and stuff. When was the last time anyone accidentally stabbed a friend to death, then stabbed themselves to death afterward because of the guilt? Probably never.

Once the NRA is exposed as nothing more than a Russian money-laundering front, maybe we can get some movement on significant gun control.