JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – A teenager is dead after a gun accidentally went off while hunting in Morton Sunday.
Family identified the victim as 17-year-old Christopher Michael ‘Mikey’ Harrell.
The incident happened at the La Finca Trailer Park off of Hwy 41 South around 2 p.m.
Morton Police Chief Nicky Crapps says four juveniles were in the woods when Harrell was shot in the upper back left shoulder.
So far, no charges have been filed.
The victim’s aunt described “Mikey” in the GoFundMe post made for him.
She said, “He was always a happy-go-lucky kid with the biggest dimpled smile you have ever seen. He had dreams of someday playing in the NFL and had made a plan to go with his best friend and his brother to sign up to go into the US Navy, with the goal of becoming a Navy Seal. Mikey had such a kind heart and was always joking around and trying to make people laugh.”
Mikey was one of eight siblings. The family created a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs.
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