Police: Area woman ‘playing with a firearm’ charged in death of 16-year-old

Boggs, of Campbell Drive, died after apparently being shot in the 200 block of Cereal Avenue at 1:20 a.m., police said.

According to police, Brazzell was “playing with a firearm pointing it at the victim and discharged the firearm striking the victim in the head.”

Brazzell was booked into the Butler County Jail this morning at 9:39 a.m.

Reckless homicide is a third-degree felony with a maximum sentence of 36 months in prison if found guilty.

Officers were dispatched to Cereal Avenue on reports of someone shot. Boggs was found suffering from an “apparent gunshot wound,” according to the report. He was transported to Fort Hamilton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police are investigating.