Teen charged after taking gun from safe in 14-year-old’s death in Arlington, police say

Arlington investigators say the gun used in Riley Jordan’s shooting death last month was taken from a relative’s locked safe by 17-year-old Cameron Tantillo.

14-year-old shot and killed in Arlington

Riley was shot on Saturday, Feb. 21, while he and his friends were handling a firearm, the Arlington Police Department said.

Officers were called to a reported shooting at a home in the 4600 block of Sausalito Drive, near W. Arkansas Lane and Little Road, around 10:30 p.m. When they arrived, officers found the teen victim with an apparent gunshot wound and unresponsive.

“Evidence suggests the juveniles were handling the weapon and pointing it at one another when it was discharged, striking the victim,” APD said in a statement to CBS News Texas…

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