TOLEDO, Ohio — A 14-year-old boy is dead after being shot in the head Thursday evening in west Toledo, according to police, in what Toledo’s mayor has called an accidental shooting.

The shooting happened in the 4500 block of Walker Avenue near Kipling Drive just before 6:30 p.m. Davion Boone died at Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center a few hours later.

According to a police report released Friday afternoon, Boone was shot by another 14-year-old boy, who is now in custody and charged with homicide. Police said the suspect was a friend of Boone’s and that Boone was found inside his house.

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz confirmed to WTOL 11 Friday morning that the shooting was accidental and involved two juveniles playing with a firearm when one of them fired it, striking the other

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