Boy, 15, killed friend, 12, with dane gun

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A 15-year-old boy, (names withheld) at the weekend allegedly shot a 12-year-old friend Timilehin Oguntoye to death while playing with a loaded local gun at Akiriboto village in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State.



The incident, according to sources, had thrown the village into pandemonium as the family of the deceased boy had threatened to retaliate the death of their son but for the intervention of the police in the area. It was gathered that the suspect who was playing with his father’s gun at his family compound alongside some of his friends shot the deceased boy unknowingly and ran away when it was discovered that the boy was dead.


The case was immediately reported to the police and efforts by the police to arrest the suspected killer had proved abortive, as he had fled from the village to an unknown destination. It was also gathered that the deceased boy was rushed to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife shortly after he was shot and it was discovered at the hospital that he had died before he got to the hospital. Daily Sun gathered that the gun hit the deceased on the head.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs Folashade Odoro who confirmed the incident said the police were on the trail of the suspected killer, saying he would not go unpunished. She said the police got wind of the incident shortly after it happened and swung into action immediately, but was unable to locate the suspected killer as he took to his heels immediately he committed the offence.

She assured that the police would do everything possible to ensure that the suspect was brought to book in no distant time, stressing that officers of the state police command were already on his trail.