13-year-old boy shot dead while playing with a loaded handgun at military base

The boy was shot at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

A boy of 13 had died after being shot in the head while he, his brother and a friend played with a loaded handgun on a military base, police said. The boy was shot by 17-year-old friend, Adonis Brown, on Tuesday after the trio climbed through a hole in a fence into Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Lakewood Police Department spokesman John Unfred said: "We think the 17-year-old cocked the hammer on the revolver and was trying to hand it to one of the boys, and we believe it accidentally went off."
The young victim was taken to a Tacoma children's hospital where he died from his wounds on Sunday, Unfred said. Brown, of Lakewood, ran from the scene and police tracked him down hours later to a girlfriend's apartment, Unfred said. It was unclear how Brown got hold of the handgun.
Brown, who has been previously convicted as a juvenile of felony assault, is being held on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and third-degree assault, said Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office spokeswoman Heather Songer. Brown pleaded not guilty to those charges on Friday.
Songer said that since the 13-year-old has died, the prosecuting attorney is weighing whether to file new charges. Unfred said new charges could include manslaughter.