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developing to night 13-year-old shot dead. germantown tonight so many unanswered questions about how a group of teens involved wand got a hold of a gun. good evening, i m lucy nola noland. i m iain page. to night community in pain in aftermath of this trap deem fox 29 s dave schratwieser live at police headquarters tonight following this investigation. dave? reporter: iain, we re only week into the summer and another teenaged young man has lost his life to gunfire in germantown as you said it happened tonight around 5:20 about an hour ago a 17-year-old boy and his parents came here to the homicide unit to be questioned. he may be the possible shooter in this case. but at this point, investigators believe this was accidental. this is a tragedy. this child didn t even get a chance to realize his dreams. reporter: tearful neighbors hugged each other and parents watched their children closer wednesday night on east walnut lane after a 13-year-old boy was shot to d
in this case. but at this point, investigators believe this was accidental. this is a tragedy. this child didn t even get a chance to realize his dreams. reporter: tearful neighbors hugged each other and parents watched their children closer wednesday night on east walnut lane after a 13-year-old boy was shot to death here. it s sad. you know, it hurts. it hits home because i got children live around here. my heart goes out. first of all what was a gun doing in the backyard? you know what i mean? so irresponsible. reporter: they heard the gunshot from their home a few doors down from the scene. shocking. i can t believe that. unbelievable. kid like that loses his life. investigators say the victim and several other teens were playing with a gun in the rear yard of these homes when a shot rang out. the 13-year-old was hit once in the face. medic raced him to the hospital where he was pronounced around 6:00 o clock. no summer programs. no summer camps. no foot
look at this nor easter. spreading rain the entire eastern sea board. a run in with a massive rainmaker. six states under emergency. this will be historic rainfall event we have not seen before. joaquin is off shore. expected to steer away from the u.s. mainland. doctors without borders says a hospital in the afghan kunduz has been bombed and it may have been a u.s.a. air strike. the shooter was enrolled in the class he attacked. the investigators paint a picture of a disturbed loaner. so far we ve recovered 1 weapons. reigniting the debate over gun control. stuff happens. and the impulse is always to do something and it is not necessarily the right thing to do. i don t think i have to react to that one. a farmer dug up the skeleton of a woolley mammoth in michigan. the remains 15,000 years old. that s another catch. these guys are ready for the playoffs. and all that matters. monsoon rain has caused the river to swell to sizes expected to a at