Florida boy, 10, dies after being shot by teen as they played with gun, police say

Daytona Beach police confirmed Tuesday that the boy succumbed to his injuries and died around 4 p.m. at Arnold Palmer hospital in Orlando.

Officers said they responded to a home on South Keech Street at about 8:25 p.m. Saturday, where they found the 10-year-old boy with a gunshot wound, lying on the floor near a bed.

Investigators said the weapon used in the shooting was found in the home.

Police Chief Craig Capri said the 14-year-old, who was a friend, went to the home minutes before the shooting.

Despite the loaded gun being secured, the boys found it and began playing with it before it fired, hitting the 10-year-old boy, police said. A relative in the home heard the gunshot and called police, officers said.