UPDATE: Fenton Township teen shooting victim remembered for fun-loving nature

FENTON TOWNSHIP, MI - Two teenagers may have been playing Russian roulette shortly before a shooting left one of them dead Saturday, police said.

A 911 call came from a Fenton Township home about 11 p.m. March 4 from a 16-year-old boy who said he killed his friend and there was matter all over the wall, Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said Monday, March 6.

When police arrived to the 14000 block of Moffett Drive they found Brady Morris, 18, with a gunshot wound to the head.

Morris was friends with the alleged shooter and had been living at the boy's home for the last two months, Pickell said.

"We learned from our investigation that the 16-year-old and the 18-year-old would play Russian roulette from time to time - putting the guns up to each other's heads," Pickell said. "We knew that the 16-year-old was familiar with the weapon."

Pickell would not release the name of the 16-year-old because he is a juvenile.

A .45-cal. Glock, which normally holds 10 rounds, was taken into the bathroom by the 16-year-old and loaded with a single round, Pickell said.

The teens were not playing Russian roulette at the time of the shooting, according to Pickell.

"He loaded a round into the magazine returned to the bedroom, put the gun up to the deceased's head and pulled the trigger," Pickell said.

Following the shooting, the 16-year-old put the gun into a crawlspace, but then moved the weapon out onto the porch before police arrived, police said.

Police found hundreds of used shell casings in the crawl space and found bullet holes in furniture and a refrigerator inside the room.

Pickell said the 16-year-old previously fired shots into the furniture on occasion.

"I have other information that I will be presenting to the prosecutor that I am not able to share at this time," Pickell said.

The teen is being held at the Genesee Valley Regional Detention Center.

"It's an unbelievably tragic accident," said the boy's attorney, Frank Manley said. "It's every parent's nightmare. The facts are unknown at this time. The investigation is in such a preliminary stage that it would be imprudent to make any further comment at this time."

The 16-year-old is expected to be in court Monday afternoon in connection to the shooting death.