Malachi Hemphill, 13 years old of Forest Park, Georgia, shows off a gun to his friends on Instagram April 10, 2017. One of his friends asked Malachi to put an ammunition clip in the gun. "As he put the clip in the gun, that is when the gun went off,"
The
boy's mother, Shaniqua Stephens, and her daughter broke down the teen's
door after hearing a loud "boom", and found the boy on the floor in a
pool of blood. His mobile phone was still on and streaming live video through social media site Instagram, his family said.
Dozens of his friends came rushing to his house after realizing what had happened. "There
was about 40 to 50 kids outside," said Stephens. "I guess these were
the kids that were watching on live that live in the area. I guess when
it happened they just ran over here."
The boy was taken to nearby Grady Hospital where he died of his injuries.
Forest Park police are now investigating how Malachi came to be in
possession of the handgun, with Stephens believing it may have been
given to her son by a friend.