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WE'RE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED
BY THE LOSS OF A STUDENT.
Eric: IN MOURNING AFTER THE
DEATH OF ONE OF ITS FRESHMAN.
RIGHT NOW AT 6:00, THE POLICE
SAY NICHOLAS KING WAS SHOT AND
KILLED TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER A
Debby: 18-YEAR-OLD KEVIN
EDWARDS AND HIS 15-YEAR-OLD
STEPBROTHER WERE ARRESTED.
THIS ALL HAPPENED AT THE HOME IN
THE 5800 BLOCK OF LEFLUER.
JULIAN GRACE IS LIVE.
Reporter: COUNSELING WERE
CALLED HERE TO HELP STUDENTS
COPE WITH THE SUDDEN LOSS.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE VICTIM'S
FATHER IN THIS E-MAIL, BASICALLY
STATING THAT THE POOR GUN LAWS
IN THE STATE MAY HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO HIS SON'S DEATH.
Reporter: IT WAS A DARK NIGHT
BUT GOT EVEN DARKER ONCE NEWS
BROKE AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY.
I FEEL SO SAD.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT, THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH.
I HAVE THREE KIDS, AND I CAN'T
THEM.
Reporter: THE POLICE SAY
BEHIND THE WALLS OF THIS HOME
WAS 18-YEAR-OLD KEVIN EDWARDS
AND HIS 15-YEAR-OLD STEPBROTHER.
EDWARDS BROUGHT HOME A RIFLE.
HE LET HIS 15-YEAR-OLD BROTHER
HANDLE IT.
THEN A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
IT WAS NICHOLAS KING.
POLICE SAY THE TWO BROTHERS
WANTED TO SCARE THEIR FRIEND.
THE 15-YEAR-OLD OPENED THE DOOR,
AND PULLED THE TRIGGER ON THE
RIFLE, THINKING IT WAS EMPTY,
BUT IT WASN'T.
THE SHOT HIT KING IN THE NECK,
KILLING HIM ON THE SCENE.
WE'RE DEVASTATING BY THE LOSS
OF THE STUDENT.
LAST NIGHT WHEN WE FOUND OUT
THAT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WAS
IMPACTED BY THIS, WE WERE ABLE
TO RALLY IMMEDIATELY WITH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.
WE MET WITH THEM THIS MORNING.
Reporter: KING'S FATHER SAID
CRAIGSLIST.
HE DIDN'T NEED A PERMIT OR I.D.
TRANSACTION.
WE SEARCHED THE SITE OURSELVES
AND FOUND COUNTLESS GUNS
AVAILABLE FOR THE RIGHT PRICE.
IMPD WOULD NOT CONFIRM WHERE THE
18-YEAR-OLD GOT THE GUN BUT IT'S
CRAIGSLIST.
Reporter: INVESTIGATORS WANT
TO BE VERY CLEAR, IT'S THE
SELLERS RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE
TO A MINOR.
WE DID REACH OUT TO EDWARDS
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, AS WE
MENTIONED HE'S IN THE MARION
COUNTY JAIL.
WE ASKED HIM FOR AN INTERVIEW