A teenager arrested on suspicion of killing his 19-year-old friend made his first appearance in court Friday morning.Rion Graves, 18, is charged with murder.Police said he shot Dustin Osborne early Thursday morning at a house on West Evelyn Avenue, near Churchill Downs.The coroner said Osborne was shot in the chest.In court Friday, Graves' attorney told the judge that the shooting it was an accident and that his client bought a gun for protection after he was robbed two weeks ago.The attorney said Graves was handing the gun to Osborne when it went off.“My client was stabbed pretty badly in a robbery attempt on him. He was just coming out of the store. He went out and purchased a .22. His friend came over. He looked at the gun, and when the gun was being handed back to him, it went off and killed the kid. They called 911 and he started to perform CPR. It's one of the saddest cases I've ever seen,” defense attorney Keith Kamenish said.Osbourne's uncle Sean O'Connell said he doesn't believe Graves' claim. He believes Graves was under the influence." If you look at the guys' mug shot, he was obviously high on some kind of drugs. No one will ever know what happened, besides who was inside the house. But as far as it was an accident, I don't believe that one bit. They were supposedly friends. I would never pull a gun out on a supposedly friend," O'Connell said.Graves' attorney argued for a bond reduction, but the judge kept Graves' bond at $100,000 full cash.Graves is scheduled to be back in court on April 25.

A teenager arrested on suspicion of killing his 19-year-old friend made his first appearance in court Friday morning.

Rion Graves, 18, is charged with murder.

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Police said he shot Dustin Osborne early Thursday morning at a house on West Evelyn Avenue, near Churchill Downs.

The coroner said Osborne was shot in the chest.

In court Friday, Graves' attorney told the judge that the shooting it was an accident and that his client bought a gun for protection after he was robbed two weeks ago.

The attorney said Graves was handing the gun to Osborne when it went off.

“My client was stabbed pretty badly in a robbery attempt on him. He was just coming out of the store. He went out and purchased a .22. His friend came over. He looked at the gun, and when the gun was being handed back to him, it went off and killed the kid. They called 911 and he started to perform CPR. It's one of the saddest cases I've ever seen,” defense attorney Keith Kamenish said.

Osbourne's uncle Sean O'Connell said he doesn't believe Graves' claim. He believes Graves was under the influence.

" If you look at the guys' mug shot, he was obviously high on some kind of drugs. No one will ever know what happened, besides who was inside the house. But as far as it was an accident, I don't believe that one bit. They were supposedly friends. I would never pull a gun out on a supposedly friend," O'Connell said.

Graves' attorney argued for a bond reduction, but the judge kept Graves' bond at $100,000 full cash.

Graves is scheduled to be back in court on April 25.