DENVER — A 17-year-old Aurora teen died Sunday when a gun discharged while the victim and his friend were disassembling a handgun, according to the Aurora Police Department.
The shooting happened around 10:45 p.m. in the 1700 block of Fulton Street.
Police said the 17-year-old victim was showing his friend, also 17, how to disassemble the friend’s firearm when it fired.
The victim was stuck in the chest and later died at a hospital.
Aurora police arrested the other teen on felony manslaughter and a misdemeanor charge of a juvenile in unlawful possession of a handgun.
The victim has not been identified and the juvenile arrested is not identified by Aurora police due to being a minor in juvenile court.
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