US: two teen cousins killed while playing with a gun during an Instagram live

Two teenaged cousins from St. Louis, Missouri were killed while playing a gun during an Instagram live session on March 25.

12-year-old Paris Harvey and 14-year-old Kuaron Harvey were recording an Instagram live video in a bathroom when a gun in Paris' hand went off and hit Kuaron in the head. A video doing rounds on the social media shows Paris screaming and falling. Seconds later a second gunshot can be heard which is believed to have caused Paris' death.

The video also shows someone opening the door of the bathroom to see what happened on hearing the gun sounds followed by multiple screams and sounds of commotion.

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The police had initially listed this as a murder-suicide where Paris first shot her cousin and then killed herself. The family has, however, said that the two teenagers were playing and called it a 'freak accident'.

The St. Louis Police department even issued a tweet condoling the death of the cousins.