JPD: Teen fatally shot during prank with ski mask, toy gun

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JACKSON, Miss. — A teen in Mississippi shot and killed another teen who approached his home with a toy gun that looked like an assault rifle while wearing a ski mask, authorities said.

The teen killed was one of three people who approached a home in Jackson on Saturday with the water guns that looked like real weapons and masks, Jackson Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn told media outlets.

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A 17-year-old shot a 15-year-old in the chest with his real gun and the teen died, Hearn said.

All the teens were friends, police said.

Police are currently calling the case a justified homicide, but the investigation continues and they are questioning all the teens to determine exactly what happened and whether the real gun was legally owned, Hearn said.

This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Teen prank with ski mask, toy gun ends in fatal shooting in Jackson, MS