{"id":134209,"date":"2024-06-07T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=134209"},"modified":"2024-06-07T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T01:00:22","slug":"14-year-old-charged-with-manslaughter-after-accidentally-shooting-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=134209","title":{"rendered":"14-Year-Old Charged With Manslaughter After Accidentally Shooting Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AMIR WILLIAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A St. Petersburg teen, 14 years old, has been charged with manslaughter after he accidentally shot his 11-year-old brother while playing with a gun in their home. The child, identified as\u00a0<\/strong>Amir Williams<\/a><\/strong>, was found with a gunshot wound. He later died from his injuries while inside the home.<\/p>\n

In addition to second-degree manslaughter, the teen is also charged with second-degree delinquent in possession of a firearm, after an earlier offense of grand theft motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to reports, the child\u2019s two siblings, his sister, 13, and brother, 14, were present in the house when the 14-year-old, who was playing with the gun, accidentally shot the boy, on April 26, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The weapon, which the teen found in an alley, had been reported stolen on April 24th<\/sup>. However, the parents had no knowledge of the weapon being in the home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AMIR WILLIAMS \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A St. Petersburg teen, 14 years old, has been charged with manslaughter after he accidentally shot his 11-year-old brother while playing with a gun in their home. The child, identified as\u00a0Amir Williams, was found with a gunshot wound. He later died from his injuries while inside the home. In addition to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134212,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134209\/revisions\/134212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}