A 13-year-old boy has been charged with shooting and killing his 12-year-old sister inside of their Collegeville home on Larchwood Court Friday.
The DA says the children’s mother asked the boy to get her legally-registered handgun out of her car.
“It just sounded like a big bang,” neighbor Gia Krystopa said.
“It’s terrible,” a neighbor said.
Neighbors say a number of children live in the home.
The district attorney’s office says family members were present when officers arrived on scene.
Investigators paid particular interest to the trunk of a black SUV parked out front, and evidence bags were taken from the home.
Philly Police“I feel terrible for the family.
I can’t believe it,” Krystopa said.
Krystopa, whose children play with the victim and her siblings, has a message for her neighbors.
We are so sorry that this happened,” she said.
Neighbors say the victim was a student at the Spring-Ford School District.
Now as neighbors rally, sending their support to the child’s family, they’re also grappling with having to explain the severity of this tragedy to their children.
“Accidents happen and that’s so important to know that these weapons are dangerous and accidents are sometimes fatal,” Krystopa said. MORE
