Police: Teen panicked after shooting friend, killed himself
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Police reports say a southwestern Michigan teen panicked when his gun went off and struck a friend in the chest, then the 17-year-old then fatally shot himself.
The Kalamazoo Gazette, which obtained the reports through a records request, reported Monday (http://bit.ly/2cwCJjj ) a witness told police that Marsavious Frazier was showing Daquarion Hunter a gun and playing with it Sept. 5 when it discharged in a Kalamazoo alley. Reports say the witness, friend Armonte Tolbert, told police that Hunter fell, prompting Frazier to run, then shoot himself.
The 17-year-olds were pronounced dead about 30 yards apart. A .32-caliber revolver was in Frazier's hand.
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Tolbert, who held Hunter after the shooting, says the teens "had no beef with each other." He said he'd known Frazier to make suicidal comments in the past.
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Information from: Kalamazoo Gazette, http://www.mlive.com/kalamazoo