Police say they then took the boy to the apartment complex so he could show them where the shooting took place. He pointed to a grassy area, but police found no blood and no shell casings. The apartment manager told investigators she believed the shooting had occurred at a particular unit, which belonged to another member of the teen's group of friends.

A police report states Gaona eventually told authorities that he and his friends had been playing video games and smoking marijuana at the apartment, and the boy police had taken to The Rails accidentally shot him while playing with a pistol.

The boy told police he had accidentally shot Gaona but was scared of getting in trouble, reports state. The boy said while at the apartment, he took his gun out because "his song came on." The boy was dancing and thinks he may have accidentally hit the hammer of the gun, which made it go off and hit Gaona, who was standing across the room. The boy told police he did not have his finger on the trigger, so he is not sure how the gun fired. According to police reports, the boy said it was his gun and he had bought it from someone off the streets in Houston.