An American teen has died after he accidentally shot himself while his friends watched on Instagram Live, according to local TV station WXIA.
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Narrating the incident, his mother Shaniqua Stephens said: Quote “I heard a big boom. I couldn’t tell if it was a gunshot or what.”
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Stephens had just watched her 13-year-oldson, Malachi Hemphill, take out the trash Monday evening when she heard the gunshot.
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She rushed upstairs with her daughter to find her son in a pool of blood. His phone was still streaming on Instagram Live.
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Quote: “We kicked in the door. We found him just laying there in a pool of blood,” Stephens told the station.
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Quote: “My daughter screamed and said, ‘Momturn his phone off!’ As I proceeded to look at his phone he was on Instagram Live.”
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The teen was live on Instagram holding a gun when it suddenly went off. He was rushed to the hospital where he died.
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“There was about 40 to 50 kids outside,” she said. “I guess these were the kids that were watching on live that live in the area. I guess when it happened they just ran over here.”
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Stephens informed WXIA that someone told Malachi to put a clip in the gun during the live video and he obliged. Stephens believes it was an accident and not a suicide.
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Detectives are working to find out how Malachi got ahold of the gun.
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Stephens is now urging parents to keep a vigilant eye on what their children are doing.
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Quote: “Monitor their phones, just monitor yourchildren,” Stephens said.
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Quote: “More now than anything.”
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