Police: A teenager has been shot in Menifee, California
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California police say a 17-year-old boy has died after he was shot while “playing” with three teenage friends in Menifee.
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A 17-year-old boy died when a friend pulled the trigger of a gun during “horseplay” at a Menifee home, California police told news outlets.
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The four friends did not realize the gun was loaded in the shooting death at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 19, police told KMIR.
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The other three friends immediately called for help, but firefighters were unable to revive the injured teen, police told The Riverside Press-Enterprise.
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A 19-year-old accused of shooting the teen once in the upper torso faces an involuntary manslaughter charge, police told Menifee 24/7. Police did not say the other teens, ages 17 and 18, will face charges.
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Police took custody of the firearm, KMIR reported. They did not say who owned the gun.
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McClatchy News reached out to the Menifee Police Department for more information and did not immediately receive a response.
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Police ask that anyone with information call 951-723-1500.
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Menifee is a city of 103,000 people about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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