Crime & Safety
11-Year-Old Fatally Shot At Home: St. Petersburg Police
An 11-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his brother with a stolen gun at home Friday afternoon, St. Petersburg police said.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — An 11-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his brother at home Friday afternoon, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department news release.
Officers responded to a home in the 1400 block of 43rd Street S. just after noon after receiving reports that a child had been shot.
The child, Amir Williams, died at the scene, police said.
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There was no school Friday and Amir was home with his 14-year-old brother and 13-year-old sister.
His older brother admitted to playing with a gun and accidentally shooting Amir, police said.
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The gun was reported stolen Wednesday in St. Petersburg. Detectives are investigating how the teenage brother had possession of it.
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