PHOENIX (AP) - A 16-year-old boy was arrested in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy at a home where about a half-dozen juveniles gathered when no adult was present, Phoenix police said Tuesday.
Detectives learned that the 16-year-old had taken a gun to the residence where the shooting occurred Modday and he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and weapons violations, said Sgt. Mercedes Fortune, a Police Department spokeswoman.
The 16-year-old’s identity was not released but Fortune identified the 14-year-old, who died at a hospital, as Darric Appleton.
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No additional information was provided on circumstances of the shooting.
Police continued to identify the incident, Fortune said.
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