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Tedra King was 13 and from Homestead, Florida. She died April 25, 2017, at her home in Florida City after being shot in the back of the head. Her 17-year-old brother, Martaevious Santiago, was holding a loaded semi-automatic handgun during a birthday gathering; family members said the siblings were playing around and described the shooting as accidental. Emergency responders pronounced Tedra dead at the scene.

Investigators say the firearm had been provided by a 14-year-old friend of Santiago, who was taken into custody on an outstanding delinquency warrant. Santiago was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child under 18 and possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony, and the state attorney’s office was pursuing whether he should be tried as an adult. Nearly 100 people attended a memorial where family and friends remembered Tedra as a sweet child.

What information can anyone share about Tedra’s last day, the party, or how the gun came into the home?