Police identify teen fatally shot while handling guns with friends at Olney home
PHILADELPHIA - Police say a teenage boy was killed when a gun that he and his friends were handling in the basement of an Olney home unexpectedly fired.
The fatal shooting happened just before 8 p.m. Tuesday on the 6000 block of North American Street, according to police.
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Chief Inspector Scott Small said a group of teens had two semi-automatic weapons in the basement of the home when one of the guns fired and hit a 17-year-old in the abdomen.
The teen, later identified as Kyleek Williams, was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he died.
A suspect was taken into custody immediately after the shooting and a weapon was recovered, according to police.
No charges have been reported as investigators continue to piece together what caused the deadly shooting.
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