CICERO, Ind. — Police say a 14-year-old boy accidentally killed his 16-year-old brother at their rural central Indiana home when he fired a shotgun that he thought was unloaded.
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Maj. Mark Bowen says Carson Wallace was chasing his younger brother with snowballs Wednesday when the 14-year-old ran into the garage of their home near Cicero and grabbed the shotgun that the two had planned to use on a hunting trip.
Police say the gun went off when the boy jokingly pointed it at his older brother, hitting him in the chest.
Carson later died at an Indianapolis hospital.
Bowen says the shooting “was clearly an accident” and he doesn’t expect any charges to be filed against the boy.
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