15-year-old boy walked up to cops after shooting 13-year-old girl on Christmas Day and told them it was an accident: Police

A Florida teen is successful custody successful transportation with a fatal shooting connected Christmas Day.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office announced successful a property merchandise obtained by section Fox affiliate WOFL that a 15-year-old lad was charged with manslaughter successful transportation with the shooting decease of 13-year-old Emony Nicole Jackson. The lad was not named owed to his juvenile status. Police said portion deputies were astatine the location successful Pine Hills, Florida, connected the evening of Dec. 25, the lad approached them to archer them that "he was liable for the shooting," but claimed that it was "accidental."

Police said the Christmas Day shooting happened astatine 4:45 p.m. First responders brought Emony to the hospital, wherever she was pronounced dead. The lad who approached sheriff's deputies astatine the country to assertion work was arrested. Information astir the circumstances that led up to the alleged shooting was not shared. The narration betwixt the 2 teenagers was not made public.

Emony's loved ones gathered to observe the teen astatine a candlelight vigil connected Saturday. Her aunt, Cynthia Williams, told section NBC affiliate WESH that the girl's household did not believe the alleged shooting was an accident. She said, "In my eyes, determination tin ne'er beryllium an mishap similar that," adding, "All we privation is justice."

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Tremaine Henderson, Emony's cousin, told WESH that the household had already mourned the nonaccomplishment of Emony's parent and younger sister successful 2017. The 13-year-old, Henderson said, "went done a batch successful her life. But the lemons she was given, she made lemonade retired of it."

WESH reported that the mediate schooler was looking guardant to precocious schoolhouse and wanted to go a cheerleader. Henderson said, "She had goals. She would ne'er get to spell to prom. She would ne'er get to spell to college."

The alleged shooting is inactive being investigated by the Orange County Sheriff's Office.