Violence with firearms shakes the United States again with the case of a boy of only 11 years old who shot two other minors Last Tuesday. It all happened in the parking lot of an American football club in Apopka, Florida: there, security cameras captured the moment when two children run after anotherwho flees towards his mother’s car.

Upon arrival, the minor opens the passenger door and, without time to react, shoot his teammates,wounding two of themboth 13 years old. A single shot that grazed one of the boys on the arm and the other on the back. The latter underwent surgery for the wounds caused by the bullet.

According to the Police, it all started when They took a bag of chips from himbut his lawyer, Robert Mandell, assures they were harassing him: “This started with a group of 13-year-old children who intimidated an 11-year-old boy, to the point that they didn’t let him eat, they attacked him,” the lawyer said.

For this reason, his defense asked the judge for house arrest, but the minor has been accused of attempted murderon the second grade and transferred to a juvenile detention center. “A true tragedy,” says his lawyer, who assures that the minor “He just says he wants to come home.“.

The gun he used was his mother’s. and it was under the passenger seat. Shauna Simon, aunt of one of the victims, says that “it was very negligent on the part of the parents to leave that gun available already loaded and ready to shoot.” Thus, the mother of the minor who shot also could be charged for carrying an unsecured weapon.