A 16-year-old boy was killed in what police and family say was an accidental shooting in the Bridgeport neighborhood Friday morning.



Christian Bandemer of the 900 block of West 36th Street was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot in the chest with a shotgun at 11:35 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.



The teen was shot in the 3500 block of South Parnell Avenue after he was being shown the shotgun by a lifelong friend and a cousin when it accidentally went off, according to Rudy Bandemer the boy's older half-brother.



Outside the family's Bridgeport bungalow, the boy was remembered for being a goofy, lanky, happy-go-lucky youth who grew up in the neighborhood.



"He was not a gang member. That was not what the shooting was about," said the older half-brother. "He was a good kid."



According to family, the friend and the cousin had the shotgun when it went off. Another cousin heard the shotgun blast, but had no idea it was a gunshot, or that it fatally struck the teen.



"That kid (who showed the gun) has lived on this block his entire life," said Rudy Bandemer.