Three teens were in a room when the shooting happened. A 15-year-old was handling a firearm and may have unintentionally fired the weapon, the sheriff said. The bullet struck the 17-year-old victim.
Homicide detectives are looking into whether a shooting was accidental or incidental after a 19-year-old died and his younger brother was hospitalized.
The shooting happened on West Houston Street in the Highlands area. Sheriff Gonzalez said a person with an assault rifle opened fire, hitting a man in a vehicle. One bullet penetrated a home, hitting ...