Tennessee girl, 12, charged in deadly shooting of her 16-year-old friend
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A 12-year-old Tennessee girl has been charged as a juvenile with killing another girl in her grandmother’s apartment with a stolen gun, the Nashville Metro Police Department said Sunday.
Brentrice Wilson, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene after officers were called to an apartment in Madison around 3:25 a.m. after a report of a shooting.
Police said the 12-year-old sneaked out of her apartment without her grandmother's knowledge with Brentrice and several other girls.
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The girls then went to a nearby parking lot and began pulling on car door handles, the Tennessean reported.
They found an unlocked vehicle and burglarized it, taking a loaded semi-automatic pistol, the paper reported.
Police said the girl brought the gun back to the apartment and the 12-year-old was handling it and pointing it at the others when it fired, Fox 17 Nashville reported.
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The girl has been charged with criminal homicide and the case will be handled in juvenile court, according to police who continue to investigate.