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12-Year-Old Shooting Victim Identified, No Charges Filed

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato  A 12-year-old boy remains in the hospital Wednesday after surviving a gunshot wound to the face at an apartment on Cyprus Street Court.Resident Abel Jones was upstairs in his apartment Tuesday when he heard a noise he'll never forget. A loud bang."My adrenaline was rushing, just frightened me for a moment," says Jones.He went downstairs, only to find a blood trail and a pistol sitting on the couch."My girlfriends' son little friend was playing with the pistol. He tried to grab it from him, and the gun went off," says Jones.Friends of the family say the bullet ricocheted off the floor and struck 12-year-old Antonio Brewer in the jaw. That's when he says his 19-year-old friend Patrick got into a car and rushed Brewer to the hospital."Man, I was just, I was really out of my mind at the moment. I couldn't think straight. It was kind of shocking," says Jones.Jones says he believes the whole thing was an accident."Patrick is a great role model for every little boy around here. All the teenagers look up to Patrick as a big brother," says Jones.But how they got the gun is a mystery Patrick's sister and many others are still trying to figure out."That could have went a lot of ways. And I'm happy it didn't go. I'm not happy it went the way it is, but I'm happy it's not worse than it really is," says Bilinda Bennett.For Jones, he's hoping this incident will serve as a reminder to others to be careful."This just proves that anything can happen at any given moment, and everybody should be safe. Stop messing with handguns, and prevent gun violence," says Jones.Jones and Bennett tell NewsChannel9 they are friends with the Brewer family and have been for some time. We're told police have interviewed the 19-year-old. There's no word tonight on if he'll face any charges.

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