Teen Arrested for Manslaughter After Accidental Shooting

0:00It's April 6, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Dallas News Today, local news powered by AI. Police in Fort Worth arrested a 16-year-old boy on Sunday for manslaughter after he allegedly fired a pistol recklessly inside a southwest. Apartment building, striking and killing another 16-year-old named Jaden Jones. The shooter told police he and Jones have been playing with the gun all day, calling the whole thing an accident, according to the police report. This happened at the Nolan apartments in the 6600 block of South Hulland Street, leaving a family devastated and the community talking about the dangers of mishandling firearms around kids. Monday morning in Tarant County Court, a district judge read the police account aloud during a detention hearing and ordered the teen held at the county's juvenile detention center. Authorities are still investigating, but this case highlights how quickly play can turn deadly with real weapons involved.