A 10-year-old California boy who was arrested after allegedly fatally shooting another boy with a stolen gun he’d found in his father’s car will not be charged, the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office told CNN in a statement Thursday. “Based on the facts currently known, the sole criminal liability and responsibility for the child’s death (lies) exclusively with this Defendant,” the DA’s office stated. Authorities said Davis was legally prohibited from possessing or owning a gun, and the recovered firearm had been reported stolen in 2017, CNN previously reported. His grandmother told CNN affiliate KCRA he was released from custody and is with his mother in Sacramento. He was among more than 1,600 children and teens killed by gun violence in 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive’s data.

Source: CNN January 05, 2024 15:59 UTC