Wisconsin boy kills self after accidental shooting in Nevada

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:32 PM CDT

ELKO, Nev. — Police in Elko say a distraught teenager from Wisconsin committed suicide after accidentally shooting another boy in the head with a handgun.

Investigators say the 15-year-old boy was visiting with family and was at another’s boy home across the street when the shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Police say the youth had taken a 9 millimeter pistol from the glove box of his father’s vehicle and was either playing with it or showing it off in a bedroom when it fired, striking a 14-year-old boy in the head.

Investigators say the younger boy’s parents were home, and as they rushed into the room, the other teen ran outside and into the street, where he shot himself in the head.

The 15-year-old died at the scene.

The younger boy was flown to a hospital in Salt Lake City, where he was listed in critical condition Tuesday.

Police did not release the names of the victims nor the hometown of the Wisconsin boy.

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