HILLSBOROUGH, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting that claimed the life of a juvenile.
According to investigators, at 11:13 p.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to a call of an accidental shooting on the Upper Tampa Bay Trail in Tampa.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered a juvenile with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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Through investigative means, detectives found that the teenager accidentally shot himself.
At this time, deputies do not believe there is a threat to the community, and nothing about this incident appears criminal.
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