Fifteen-year-old Wilta Wordsworth of Far Rockaway, Queens, was shot inside her seventh-floor Collier Avenue apartment around noon on a Friday while she had friends over. A single bullet struck her in the face and lodged in the back of her neck. Neighbors were alerted when one friend banged on doors and called for help; Wordsworth was taken to St. John’s Hospital and died early the next morning.

Police say a 15-year-old boy brought a gun to the apartment and was reportedly playing with it when it discharged. Two individuals were seen fleeing the building, and authorities later took two 15-year-old boys into custody. Both were arrested and charged with manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with physical evidence. Investigators described the shooting as accidental, occurring during horseplay with the weapon.

If anyone was in or near that Collier Avenue building that day or has information about what happened in the apartment, please share what you know.