BELLEVIEW, Fla. — A teenager is dead and two teenagers have been arrested after police in Florida said the boys took turns shooting at each other while wearing body armor.
Police responded to a call of a shooting Sunday and found Christopher Leroy Broad Jr., 16, shot inside of a home. He was transported to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
A police investigation found that Joshua Vining, 17, and Broad were taking turns shooting at each other while wearing a vest that contained a form of body armor. Broad Jr., 16, died after he was hit by a bullet fired by Vining, WFTV reported.
On Thursday, police arrested Vining and Colton Whitler, also 17. Vining was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child with a firearm and Whitler was charged with providing false information to law enforcement, according to the Belleview Police Department.
Vining and Whitler are being charged as adults, WFTV reported.