A teenage boy is dead after a family member shot him, allegedly by accident, a news release from West Wendover, Nev., police says.
Officers were called to a home near 800 Ash Street on Sunday night just after 7 p.m. on a report that a 15-year-old boy had been shot, the news release said. Officers and medical personnel rendered aid to the teen, but he died from his injuries at the scene.
People at the victim’s home told officers that his 21-year-old brother had accidentally shot him, and the brother initially left the scene as emergency crews responded.