12-year-old shot dead by teenager while filming music video with loaded guns, cops say

A 12-year-old lad successful Philadelphia who was making a music video with guns and immoderate older teenagers was changeable dormant by 1 of them arsenic they were filming, according to police.

Footage of the euphony video “is 1 of the cardinal pieces of accusation that [authorities] are successful possession of,” according to Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace, who spoke to Fox affiliate WTXF and different section outlets astatine a property briefing Sunday astir the alleged murder of Ethan Parker, who was killed astatine a location connected the 1500 artifact of East Pastorius Street connected Saturday astatine astir 12:30 p.m., per cops.

Pace said Parker was changeable erstwhile with a handgun and rushed by responding officers to a adjacent hospital, wherever helium was pronounced dormant upon arrival.

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“Based connected what we cognize truthful acold … it appears that the decedent, the 12-year-old, was with 2 further teenagers, ages 15 and 17, erstwhile they whitethorn person been successful the process of producing immoderate benignant of a euphony video,” Pace told reporters.

“There were immoderate guns present, and 1 of them went off, shooting the 12-year-old, yet sidesplitting him,” the inspector said.

Police officials announced charges Sunday of third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and different offenses for the 17-year-old related to Parker’s death.

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The incidental near neighbors shaken, with 1 pistillate telling WTXF: “In the mediate of the day, shooting a video and playing with guns, it should not happen. That is precise shocking. I’m astatine a nonaccomplishment for words now.”

Before announcing the charges for the teen, Pace told reporters that they were viewing the euphony video they filmed arsenic evidence.

“However, determination needs to beryllium — legally — warrants secured with respect to accessing that information,” helium said. “We bash judge that those phones oregon immoderate different signaling instrumentality whitethorn supply immoderate very, precise invaluable accusation that volition assistance america recognize what precisely occurred.”

Pace elaborate however the shooting allegedly went down astatine the location of a teen whose parents were present, saying further charges could perchance travel down for the adults.

“Obviously determination were unrecorded guns there, the transgression country besides consists of immoderate different weapons — immoderate BB guns, immoderate fake guns — truthful however that unrecorded weapon got there, who it belongs to, that is inactive each nether investigation,” Pace told reporters. “And determination whitethorn beryllium further charges pending, depending connected what we find with respect to the ownership of that weapon.”