Elliott Jones

Treasure Coast Newspapers

PORT ST. LUCIE — A 17-year-old resident was injured by gunfire while visiting friends Sunday night, according to police.

The shooting has been classified as accidental, police Sgt. Robert Vega said Monday morning. He said police are continuing to look into the circumstances of the gunfire that happened at 10 p.m. Sunday.

Renford Bookall, 18, of Port St. Lucie, shot the teen once in the buttocks in a home in the 600 block of Southwest Homeland Road, Vega said. Both are Port St. Lucie residents. The boy was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

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At first, Bookall told police someone else shot his friend and fled the house, Vega said.

Bookall later told police he pulled the trigger. According to what police investigators were told, Bookall didn't realize there was still a round in the chamber after he had removed the bullet magazine.

When he pulled the trigger, the gun fired.

He showed police where he put the gun at a location away from the house.

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