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GA Teens Devin Hodges Chad Carless ID’d After Accidental Fatal Shooting Leads To Lawrenceville NYE Suicide

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. (THECOUNT) — Devin Hodges and Chad Carless have been identified as the teens who died in a tragic incident involving a firearm in Lawrenceville, GA, Monday.

Four boys had gathered in a Lawrenceville shed to inspect a handgun when the sidearm accidentally fired, according to Gwinnett County police.

Carless, 17, was struck and killed by a single shot. 15-year-old Hodges, the shooter, then turned the gun on himself, apparently distraught over the accidental shooting of his friend.

Witnesses say Hodges was showing his friends the gun when he accidentally fired it. The bullet hit Carless, who was sitting next to Hodges in the shed. source

Police arrived in-scene to find Hodges running between two area homes. He ignored police commands and fatally shot himself a short distance from the shed, according to the police news release.

Carless died at the scene of gunshot injuries consistent with the tragic incident.

The investigation is ongoing.

Police are working to determine who owns the gun and how the teenagers obtained it.

Lawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It is a suburb of Atlanta, located approximately 30 miles northeast of downtown. As of the 2010 census, the population of Lawrenceville was 28,546. In 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city population to be 30,493, source Wikipedia.

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RobWJr says:

January 4, 2019 at 7:57 pm

After watching the video, I'd have to say that lives have been saved by the deaths of these two. Look to be gangbangers with no respect for guns, and they most definitely broke several laws to even possess them.