Boy, 12, is charged with manslaughter in his nine-year-old sister s shooting death after he handed loaded gun to their cousin, five, who pulled the trigger while they were home alone
Nyssa Davis, nine, was shot in the head and killed by her five-year-old cousin in Philadelphia on January 20
Nyssa s 12-year-old brother arrested and charged as a juvenile with involuntary manslaughter and recklessly endangering another person
Boy is suspected of handing his young cousin the gun while the children were home without adult supervision
Nyssa s father, Blake Davis, 39, charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, gun violations
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5-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Girl in the Head Inside Philadelphia Home
On 1/21/21 at 6:36 AM EST
A 9-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed by a 5-year-old at a home in north Philadelphia, after the children had been left inside the house unsupervised with two guns, police said.
Police found the victim with a critical wound on the right side of her head at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, at the property on the 2300 block of North Bouvier Street.
She was left unattended at the time of the incident, with two other children aged 5 and 12. The 12-year-old alerted law enforcement after the shooting, police said.