Christopher Patton and two others pulled water guns on an unsuspecting friend, who fired back with live ammo.
Hearn later added that no one had been taken into custody and that the case would be presented to the district attorney to see if anyone should be charged.According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database that collects information about shootings from across the U.S., there have been 44 fatal shootings in Jackson this year.
The same database also found that seven children aged between 12 and 17 had been shot dead in Jackson since January 1 this year. Across Mississippi, there have been 133 deadly shootings this year.Earlier this year, two teenagers in Florida were arrested in connectionof a 16-year-old after they took turns firing at one another while wearing body armor.
Belleview Police Department officers arrested Joshua Vining, 17, and charged him with aggravated manslaughter of a child with a firearm after he allegedly shot Christopher Leroy Broad Jr., 16, while they were both wearing protective vests.Both teenagers were charged as an adult, according to the Belleview Police Department.
During the police investigation, officers learned that Broad and Vining had taken turns shooting at one another while wearing body armor. In a video taken by another person who was at the scene, Broad is alleged to have fired once at Vining who was wearing a vest.
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