Neighbors stunned after 12-year-old is accused of shooting man to death By Dave Spencer and David Komer online producer Published DETROIT (FOX 2) - A 12-year-old boy is in custody charged with manslaughter and accused of pulling out a gun - killing a Detroit man Monday night. Neighbors we spoke with say this is a tragedy for both sides - the 25-year-old victim and the boy accused of pulling the trigger on Mark Twain near Puritan on the city's west side. Tight-knit Detroit neighborhood rocked by 12-year-old arrested in fatal shooting of man Neighbors we spoke with say this is a tragedy for both sides - the 25-year-old victim and the boy accused of pulling the trigger on Mark Twain near Puritan on the city's west side.