A 53-year-old man and his child were in custody Sunday after the boy took a stolen gun from his father’s car and killed a fellow 10-year-old, authorities in Sacramento County, California, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack unfolded Saturday afternoon in the Foothill Farms community when the man sent his son to retrieve cigarettes from his car, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy then “took a gun from inside the vehicle and bragged that his father had a gun,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement released Sunday. “He then proceeded to shoot the victim once and ran into a nearby apartment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputies found the victim bleeding from the head and neck, the sheriff’s office said, and administered CPR and other “life-saving efforts” until Sacramento Metro Fire Department first responders arrived. The child was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators believe the suspected shooter’s father, identified as Arkete Davis, 53, tried to get rid of the gun by placing it in a trash can, the sheriff’s office said. Authorities allege the firearm was stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Family members identified the victim as Keith \u201cKJ\u201d Frierson, NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The name of the suspected shooter was withheld because he is a juvenile. He was booked on suspicion of murder, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His father was arrested and booked on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a felon, criminal storage of a firearm, carrying a stolen loaded firearm in a vehicle, child endangerment and acting as an accessory to a crime after the fact, according to inmate records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was not clear whether the suspects have legal counsel for the case. The Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Davis was being held in lieu of $500,000 bail, inmate records indicate. Sheriff’s officials said he was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The boy was detained at the Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility, the sheriff’s office said, with coming court appearances unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n