A 16-year-old boy in Arkansas is in stable condition after being accidentally shot Monday afternoon by his 15-year-old friend, 5News reported.
The shooting took place at 1:43 p.m. in Fort Smith, Ark., after Nico Sanders, his twin brother Marco and their friend, Trevor Hargrove, had been playing a “zombie game,” according to 5News. Hargrove pointed an empty bow at one of the brothers when Nico Sanders grabbed a .40 caliber handgun from his mother’s drawer and began to play with it. He soon pointed the gun at Hargrove and fired the weapon, striking the boy in the upper torso.
Hargrove’s mother emphasized that it was an accident, but stressed the importance of storing guns safely.
“They’re good friends, it was just an accident and I just want all parents to know to keep guns locked up and teach your kids gun safety. Just because the clip ain’t in the gun doesn’t mean there’s not a bullet in the chamber and somebody can get hurt really bad,” Kim Hargrove said, according to 5News.
