15-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot by Teen Allegedly Waving Gun in Car on New Year’s Day in Texas

A 15-year-old Texas high school student was fatally shot by another teen accused of waving a gun inside a car following a party on New Year’s Day, authorities said.

The shooting unfolded while Brynnlee Hampton was heading home with seven other people in Amarillo after midnight on Thursday, January 1, according to court documents reviewed by KFDA-TV.

A passenger inside the car, Jeremiah Luke Lajuan Matthews, is accused of waving a gun and pointing it at others inside the vehicle, court documents say, the TV station reported. Then a shot went off, hitting Hampton, the driver of the car later told investigators, according to authorities…

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