INDIANAPOLIS -- A 17-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday evening after police say he accidentally shot his 16-year-old friend.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the scene at the 3600 block of Glen Arm Road around 6:30 p.m. and found the 16-year-old boy dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Police say the two teenagers were playing with a handgun when the 16-year-old was shot. The 17-year-old was preliminarily charged with reckless homicide.
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The victim's identity has not been released.
Police first thought the shooting happened in the parking lot of the apartment complex, but now believe it happened inside the apartment.
