Annapolis police arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting Monday afternoon. City police said officers were called just after noon to the 1300 block of Tyler Avenue, where a person was shot inside a house.

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Annapolis police arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting Monday afternoon.City police said officers were called just after noon to the 1300 block of Tyler Avenue, where a person was shot inside a house.Kymici Brown, 17, was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center and died of her injuries.Police arrested Ryan Surgeon, 19, of Laurel. Annapolis investigators tell 11 News that Surgeon confessed to shooting his girlfriend Monday, but insisted it was an accident.According to court records, he shouldn't have had the gun due to his age and because of his juvenile criminal past."He had made statements to us that he accidentally shot the victim," Annapolis Police Department Cpl. Amy Miguez said.Police interviewed Brown's aunt who was home at the time, and Surgeon. He explained to police that three hours before, he had smoked some marijuana. He and Brown had sex and then afterwards, while getting dressed, he took a gun he had brought into the home off a nightstand and started playing with it."At some point, he picked up the gun, started dancing with it, cocked the weapon, then decocked it and that's when it went off, he said, accidentally," Miguez said.One bullet from the .32-caliber revolver hit Brown in the chest, ultimately killing her."(She) never got in trouble, mom lived here, dad lived in Annapolis, on right path, sad tragedy," neighbor Amina Selah said.Neighbors 11 News spoke with are deeply saddened by the news. No one answered the door at the home where it happened. Brown, a junior at Broadneck High School, ran track there.The principal released a statement that read, in part, "Kymici was an outgoing student with an engaging personality that made her very popular among students and staff alike. She had worked very hard in school and showed tremendous growth of the last three years, something that drew her even closer to members of our staff."Surgeon faces charges of first- and second-degree murder and several firearms charges. Police said if the gun comes up stolen there could be more charges. Surgeon is being held on $1.5 million bail.Anyone with additional information is asked to call police at 410-260-3439 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 877-7LOCKUP.Get the WBAL-TV News App