Overview

• The shooting occurred Wednesday when a stolen 9mm handgun discharged accidentally as a 15-year-old suspect showed it off in Jamuri Mezar’s Queens apartment.
• EMS pronounced Mezar, 14, dead at the scene after he was struck in the head by the stray bullet.
• Police apprehended the suspect on Thursday and charged him with manslaughter and criminal weapons possession.
• A judge ordered the teen held in a juvenile facility on Friday as the investigation progresses.
• Authorities are probing the role of both youths’ 'Brothers for Life' gang ties in the fatal incident.