Two women charged after gunplay leads to fatal shooting of teen boy in Clarksville, police say

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Two young women are facing charges after a teenage boy was fatally shot Sunday morning at a Clarksville home.

Nautica Ann Spicer and Kerigan Leann Silverwood, both 18, were arrested Sunday evening in connection with the shooting on Granny White Road in the northern part of the city.

Knoll said police responded there at about 7 a.m. and found the 17-year-old boy dead from a gunshot wound, police spokesman Jim Knoll said in a news release.

Police allegedly found that Spicer had been playing with a gun that was at first unloaded. Later the gun had been loaded but Spicer didn’t know it, according to her arrest warrant. Investigators say she pointed it at the boy and pulled the trigger, killing the boy.

Spicer allegedly left the scene and took apart the gun, then discarded the pieces in several places.

Investigators say Silverwood was also at the scene when the shooting happened. They say she helped take the gun apart and drove Spicer around to get rid of the pieces.

Police say the two women were friends with the boy.

Both women were arrested around 8 p.m. Sunday and booked into Montgomery County jail.

Spicer was charged with criminal homicide and tampering with evidence. She was held on $750,000 bond.

Silverwood was charged with tampering with evidence. She was held on $250,000 bond.

The name of the boy who died was not immediately released.