Police: Miami Gardens Teen Shot Accidentally, 3 Charged
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MIAMI GARDENS (CBSMiami) – Police investigating the shooting of a teen in Miami Gardens now say it was an accident.
A 15-year-old boy was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital after he was shot in the face at his apartment off NW 22nd Ave. and 210th St. early Sunday morning.
According to his friend, they were playing with the gun when it went off.
Even though the boy's friends said it was an accident, Miami Gardens police detained two teens at the scene on Sunday.
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Authorities confirmed on Monday it was accident, but three people have been charged.
D'Angelo Byrd, 15, was charged with culpable negligence, possession of firearm by a minor and tampering with physical evidence.
Robert O'Neal Mitchell, 17, was charged with resisting arrest without violence and tampering with physical evidence.
Hopeton Witter, 41, was charged with culpable negligence, resisting arrest without violence and providing false information to a law enforcement officer during an investigation.
The teen's friend Ryan Hobbs said the teen is doing much better and is expected to be fine.
Police have not yet released the teen's name or said where the teens got the gun in the first place.
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