Crime & Safety

Teen Fatally Shot Family Member With BB Gun: Report

The teen has been transferred to the custody of the Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center.​

BETHEL, CT — Police have charged a 16-year-old with first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault after they say the juvenile shot another family member in the chest with a BB gun Friday night. The victim later died at Danbury Hospital, the News-Times has reported.

The teen has been transferred to the custody of the Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center.

For more, see the News-Times.

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