TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- An investigation is underway after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in Tulare.
The Tulare Police Department says it happened around 1:30 am Thursday morning at a home on Gemini St.
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Authorities say after interviewing multiple people, it was determined that the gun was shot accidentally.
21-year-old Cesar Enrique Chavez admitted to police that he and the victim were disassembling a gun, not knowing there was a bullet in the chamber.
Chavez told police he was holding the gun at the time it went off. He is the boyfriend of the victim's sister.
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Authorities arrested Chavez and booked him into the Tulare County Jail.
The identity of the boy has not been released.