Two young cousins die in accidental shooting

ST. LOUIS — Two younger cousins had been livestreaming from a St. Louis condominium when one youngster fatally shot the opposite earlier than killing herself in what members of the family say was a tragic accident.

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

The lady’s grandmother, Susan Dyson, instructed the St. Louis Put up-Dispatch that she noticed the Instagram Stay video the 2 cousins had been making collectively at a downtown St. Louis condominium the household had rented to rejoice March birthdays.

“It wasn’t a scenario the place they had been arguing or something like that,” stated Dyson, who’s from the Dallas space. “They had been enjoying with the gun, after they should not have been. In fact, they should not have been doing it. I feel it simply went off. It went off by mistake.”

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

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

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

Harvey stated she had not seen the video however members of the family had described it to her. She stated the cousins had been “attempting to be too hip.”

Paris and Kuaron Harvey had been typically collectively making movies and pulling pranks.

Members of the family stated Paris, who was one in every of 9 kids, was a humorous seventh grader who liked getting her hair and nails finished and had a gorgeous voice. They described Kuaron as a goofy eighth grader who had lengthy been capable of do again flips.