Livestream shows 12-year-old girl fatally shooting cousin and herself

Two younger cousins have been livestreaming from a St. Louis residence when one little one fatally shot the opposite earlier than killing herself in what relations say was a tragic accident.

Police are nonetheless investigating Friday’s taking pictures of 12-year-old Paris Harvey and 14-year-old Kuaron Harvey, however initially described it as a murder-suicide.

The woman’s grandmother, Susan Dyson, instructed the St. Louis Submit-Dispatch that she noticed the Instagram Reside video the 2 cousins have been making collectively at a downtown St. Louis residence the household had rented to have a good time March birthdays.

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“It wasn’t a state of affairs the place they have been arguing or something like that,” mentioned Dyson, who’s from the Dallas space. “They have been taking part in with the gun, once they shouldn’t have been. After all, they shouldn’t have been doing it. I feel it simply went off. It went off by mistake.”

Members of the family mentioned the cousins had been raised shut collectively. Kuaron’s mom and Paris’ father are siblings.

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Paris and Kuaron have been alone in a toilet making a video within the mirror earlier than the taking pictures occurred. Members of the family mentioned that after Kuaron was shot, the video confirmed Paris reaching for the gun and it might have by accident gone off once more. They mentioned they believed the gun was Kuaron’s. Each kids have been shot within the head.

“It was no homicide. It wasn’t a suicide,” mentioned Shinise Harvey, 35, Paris’ mom. “It was a freak accident. It occurred.”

Harvey mentioned she had not seen the video however relations had described it to her. She mentioned the cousins have been “making an attempt to be too hip.”

Paris and Kuaron Harvey have been typically collectively making movies and pulling pranks. Members of the family mentioned Paris, who was one among 9 kids, was a humorous seventh grader who liked getting her hair and nails executed and had a ravishing voice. They described Kuaron as a goofy eighth grader who had lengthy been capable of do again flips.