Teen questioned in child’s death
The Associated Press
Monday, October 20, 2008
TOPEKA — A teenager is in custody for questioning in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old child in Topeka.
Police said the 15-year-old boy was picked up at a Topeka motel Sunday night as a material witness in Friday’s shooting of TreVonte Williams. The child died Saturday afternoon of a gunshot wound.
Family members said a revolver in the family’s apartment accidentally discharged, striking TreVonte in the head. They said the teen, a man and a young girl were in the apartment with the boy when the shooting happened.
The teen was arrested on a Shawnee County warrant for aggravated robbery.
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