| It all started when
Tom and I were having a good time messing around on a
summer afternoon. It was really hot so we decided to go
inside to cool off.
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| We were clowning
around, looking for stuff to do. I remember I had some
games in the wooden chair. We opened the wooden chair and my friend was pointing to something.
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| He said,"It's a
pellet gun. I looked in and he was right. I reached in
and grabbed the gun.
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| Turns out it was a
real gun, but we didn't know it!
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| He said "Let's
shoot at the paper targets! He also had a pellet gun that
he brought over. He went outside to get the gun. He came
in and was pointing the gun at me pretending to shoot.
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| I pointed the pellet
gun at him or so I thought it was a pellet gun. Turns out
it was a real loaded gun! He pulled the trigger and then
I made the fatal mistake of pulling the trigger of the
gun that was in my hand. I saw him fall to the floor and
I thought he was playing a joke. I saw blood coming from
his head. I had
shot my best friend. It was no joke!
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| Screaming, I ran to
the phone quick to call 911. When I came back I knew it
was too late! Blood was gushing out of his head. He laid
there not moving.
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| The doctors tried to
save him. I was taken to the police station for
questioning. My friend was pronounced dead and I was taken to a prison cell. It was so
scary there. I was a confused kid who made a mistake, but
the police were not listening because I had been in some trouble and
they knew me. They were charging me with murder. I tried to tell them
that it was an accident, they didn't care!
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| My best friend was
gone forever, and my life was over too!
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| I was then tried in
court and the jury sentenced me to 25 years to life. Now
I sit and rot in this place you call prison. Everyone
here calls it the Walls
of Hell. It is
horrible to think I killed a kid, my best friend, and he
could have been a happy man. I am doing hard time because
guns were left unattended by my parents and we played with them. I found it and
look what happened. I made a horrible mistake in my life.
I have 24 more years left. I am just a child. My life
will always be totally messed up. this prison is
horrible. It has the worst food you could ever eat. Rats
are everywhere with roaches. There is a fight here
everyday.
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| What I am trying to
tell other kids is never play with guns. My life is over,
save yours. Just imagine you can never have any privacy
ever again. Anyone can watch as you go to the bathroom.
You are always told what to do and when to do it. If you
don't, you go to the hole, which is a very nasty place.
There is a hole in the floor for you and that is it. It
is very cold and there is no human contact. I am in hell.
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