A teenager in Georgia dies by suicide after killing a friend by accident

A Georgian teenager committed suicide after shooting his friend while displaying a firearm, the police said on Tuesday. around 3:15 pm Monday in the suburbs of Lawrenceville, about 30 km from Atlanta. The Gwinnett County Police Department identified teens in a tweet as Chad Carless, 17, and Devin Hodges, 15. the house when the gun rang and hit Carless, who was sitting next to him, said the police. According to police, the three teenagers have absconded, one calling 911, the department said in a press release.

Carless died as a result of the injury before the police could arrive.

Hodges was seen by the police. I said. He then shot and killed himself while the police tried to find the people involved, the police said.

"Our thoughts are with the families of these two young men," said the department.

The police did not specify who owns the gun. .