“It was no murder. It wasn’t a suicide. It was a freak accident. It happened.”By Associated Press March 28, 2022 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two young cousins were livestreaming from a St. Louis apartment when one child fatally shot the other before killing herself in what family members say was a tragic accident. Police are still investigating Friday’s incident in which a 12-year-old girl, Paris Harvey, shot a 14-year-old boy, Kuaron Harvey, before shooting herself. Police initially described it as a murder-suicide. The girl’s grandmother, Susan Dyson, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she saw the Instagram Live video the two cousins were making together at a downtown St. Louis apartment the family had rented to celebrate March birthdays. “It wasn’t a situation where they were arguing or anything like that,” said Dyson, who is from the Dallas area. “They were playing with the gun, when they shouldn’t have been. Of course, they shouldn’t have been doing it. I think it just went off. It went off by mistake.” Family members said the cousins had been raised close together. Kuaron’s mother and Paris’ father are siblings. Paris and Kuaron were alone in a bathroom making a video in the mirror before the shooting happened. Family members said that after Kuaron was shot, the video showed Paris reaching for the gun and it may have accidentally gone off again. They said they believed the gun was Kuaron’s. Both children were shot in the head. “It was no murder. It wasn’t a suicide,” said Shinise Harvey, 35, Paris’ mother. “It was a freak accident. It happened.” Harvey said she had not seen the video but family members had described it to her. She said the cousins were “trying to be too hip.” Paris and Kuaron Harvey were often together making videos and pulling pranks. Family members said Paris, who was one of nine children, was a funny seventh grader who loved getting her hair and nails done and had a beautiful voice. They described Kuaron as a goofy eighth grader who had long been able to do back flips.
ConversationThis discussion has ended. Please join elsewhere on Boston.comThe police had initially listed this as a murder-suicide where Paris first shot her cousin and then killed herself. The family has, however, said that the two teenagers were playing and called it a 'freak accident'. Updated: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:53:51 GMT | Two teenaged cousins from St. Louis, Missouri were killed while playing a gun during an Instagram live session on March 25. 12-year-old Paris Harvey and 14-year-old Kuaron Harvey were recording an Instagram live video in a bathroom when a gun in Paris' hand went off and hit Kuaron in the head. A video doing rounds on the social media shows Paris screaming and falling. Seconds later a second gunshot can be heard which is believed to have caused Paris' death. The video also shows someone opening the door of the bathroom to see what happened on hearing the gun sounds followed by multiple screams and sounds of commotion. Also watch: Scary video: 40 cars, trucks collide on US highway amid snow, fog in Pennsylvania The police had initially listed this as a murder-suicide where Paris first shot her cousin and then killed herself. The family has, however, said that the two teenagers were playing and called it a 'freak accident'. The St. Louis Police department even issued a tweet condoling the death of the cousins. You are here: Home / MKE Monday Juice / 12yr Old Girl Shoots 14yr Old Cousin; Then Herself on Live  https://www.facebook.com/mercedes.cushshon1/posts/10209778787904478 Credit: Facebook Last Monday, in St. Louis, Missouri, a 12yr old and a 14yr old lost their life, due to gun play. As seen on live, the two kids were streaming live, showing off guns, while in a bathroom at a family party. According to People Magazine, family members say the deaths of cousins Kuaron Harvey and Paris Harvey resulted from a “freak accident” Police say a 12-year-old girl fatally shot her 14-year-old cousin, then herself, in a live broadcast on Instagram that the girl’s mother portrayed as a “freak accident” that occurred during a family party. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department initially described the deaths of Kuaron Harvey, 14, and Paris Harvey, 12, as a murder-suicide, reports TV station KSDK. But family members who watched the video said it showed otherwise. “It was no murder. It wasn’t a suicide,” said Paris’ mother, Shinise Harvey, 35, who did not see the video but heard it described by others, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “It was a freak accident.” “Everybody was getting together to celebrate, and so the younger kids, they got a bed and breakfast,” Harvey said, according to KSDK. “They were making a video, and (Paris) was playing with the gun, but it went off and hit him.” The girl’s grandmother, Susan Dyson, who had seen the Instagram Live video, told the Post-Dispatch: “It wasn’t a situation where they were arguing or anything like that. They were playing with the gun, when they shouldn’t have been. Of course, they shouldn’t have been doing it. I think it just went off. It went off by mistake.” Police still are investigating who owned the gun and whether anyone might face related charges, reports KSDK. Neither of the children’s mothers was present at the party. The police department later posted a graphic depicting white lilies to its official Facebook page, along with the words, “We are sending our heartfelt condolences to the family of 12-year-old Paris Harvey & 14-year-old Kuaron Harvey who tragically passed away on 3/25/22.” This incident is very sad. It’s beyond unfortunate. It shows how kids love to do things for online attention. It demonstrates the importance of knowing where your guns are at all times. We must do better with keeping guns away from young ones. The video was very short and just like that the kids were gone. My prayers go out to the family and my hope is that families can do better, whether at a party or not. |
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