Atascocita teen dead after shot in head while playing with handgun

The victim and his friend, both in their late teens, were handling a gun around 7 a.m. inside a residence in the 6700 block of Atasca Drive when the weapon went off, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. less The victim and his friend, both in their late teens, were handling a gun around 7 a.m. inside a residence in the 6700 block of Atasca Drive when the weapon went off, according to the Harris County Sheriff's ... more Photo: Google Maps Photo: Google Maps Image 1 of / 59 Caption Close Atascocita teen dead after shot in head while playing with handgun 1 / 59 Back to Gallery

A teen died after he was shot in the head Sunday while playing with a handgun inside an Atascocita home.

The victim and his friend, both 17, were fooling around with the weapon inside a garage in the 6700 block of Atasca Drive, authorities said.

The gun went off - apparently by accident - around 7 a.m., according to Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman.

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"We don't know the logistics or anything like that," Herman said.

Both Precinct 4 and the Harris County Sheriff's Office responded, and the shot teen was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead.

Homicide investigators are probing the case, and authorities did not clarify whether the teen shot himself or whether his friend fired the fatal shot.

The slain teen was not identified.