A heartbreaking series of events struck a Houston family Wednesday night after an accidental, fatal shooting and a suicide claimed two brothers’ lives.
Police said a 17-year-old boy was showing his gun to his younger siblings before he left the room.
That’s when his 14-year-old sister picked up the loaded gun, thinking it was unloaded, and fired at her 11-year-old brother, killing him.
“The little kids…they go and got the gun and it was a little girl, and she shot her sibling and she saw blood everywhere,” a family friend said.
After the accidental shooting, the grief-stricken older brother took the gun and vanished.
“So, he goes to the woods and he shoots himself thinking that it was his fault.”
Authorities are investigating the incident. No charges have been filed in the case.
“It’s sad. It’s the worst thing that can happen to a family – to lose somebody so young. I cannot explain with words what is happening to the family,” a neighbor said.
