Overview

• Police say officers responded at 8:17 a.m. to a North Miller Street residence and found the 11-year-old deceased inside.
• The home is a block from Bishop Dunn Memorial School, and the district ordered a precautionary lockdown that was lifted shortly after noon with no students hurt.
• Investigators have not released the victim’s name or official details on the circumstances of the shooting.
• Local outlets, citing unnamed sources, report the child and friends were handling a handgun when it discharged.
• The New York Daily News reports, based on media sourcing, that the weapon belonged to an older brother who fled before being located, and that federal agencies are assisting the probe.