Joseph Blanco, 15, was hanging out with two of his friends at a home in Miami-Dade County on Monday evening. The trio were playing with a gun when the firearm discharged and a single bullet struck both 15-year-old Jose Villarreal III and 14-year-old Julio Labrada, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.Blanco was taken into custody and charged with manslaughter, according to police.Villarreal was a student within the Miami-Dade County Public School system.
"Two lives lost and a third ruined -- the tragic consequences that result from weapons being in the wrong hands," Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning."Guns should never be accessible to children." Labrada went to Keys Gate Charter School in Homestead, Florida, according to Miami ABC affiliate WPLG.
“The Keys Gate Charter family is deeply saddened by the loss of Julio Labrada, one of our eighth-grade students," principal Corinne Baez said in a statement to WPLG. “Grief counselors are on site to help any students or staff who are struggling. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family as they go through this very difficult time.”
Sharpshooter Chris Kyle,Buffalo Bill? How do you ACCIDENTALLY kill 2 people with 1 shot?
Prayers are with the boys families. Why don't people realize 'Guns should never be accessible to children.'
A teenage boy in Florida is facing manslaughter charges after he accidentally shot and killed two friends.🥴😥🥺😵
I think aubrey_huff needs to see this article, just saying 🙄🤔
A accident may be shooting one person, but two I don't think so
Accidentally shot two people. Were they lined up?
Accidentally shot both of them? Maybe one, not two.
HOW CAN IT BE AN ACCIDENT. YOU DONT POINT A GUN AT PEOPLE OR ANYTHING UNLESS YOU ARE GOING TO SHOOT AND WITH YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER
Having dumb friend hurts
Florida, give it to Cuba.
Nope not 2, mabey 1
'Accidentally'. Excuse me if I don't shed a tear. Guns guns guns (legally acquired, not legally acquired, borrowed, stolen, found in a trash heap.....whatever).
Hope we get an interrogation clip of the teen explaining why he thought it was a good idea to play around with a gun. He was probably recording a snapchat video to try and look cool.
More of those well armed militia shooting themselves.
The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to shoot and kill two good guys with said gun.
Where are these children's parents!
The key word in this sad tale is PLAYING. Playing with a loaded gun is stupid & never ends well for all involved.
Accidentally? So he pulled the trigger twice?
Teen illegally acquires a gun and recklessly murders friend. There fixed the headline. Gun accidents do not exist, only gun negligence.
Please, that wasn't an accident It's just his excuse
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