Girl fatally shoots 12-year-old friend while handling pistol

By KBCI Web Staff

Summary

Investigators said the girl was handling an automatic pistol Sunday afternoon when she accidentally shot a 12-year-old boy in the head.

Story Published: May 12, 2009 at 7:02 AM PST

Story Updated: May 12, 2009 at 8:22 AM PST

MARSING, Idaho -- A Homedale boy has died after being shot by a friend in what investigators say was an accident.

The Ada County Coroner identified the boy as 12-year-old Marcos Jaramillo.

Owyhee County Sheriff Daryl Crandall said Marcos was at a home in Marsing with a 14-year-old girl who was handling a pistol Sunday afternoon.

Crandall said the girl apparently mishandled the weapon and shot Marcos in the head about 2:15 p.m.

The boy was airlifted to St. Alphonsus in Boise and died late Monday night.

Crandall said the two children are friends attended Homedale Middle School.