Detroit police say the teenage girl who went to a park to fight another girl earlier this week was actually accidentally shot by her 13-year-old brother.

Police provided an update to the case on Friday.

Officials say the 13-year-old suspect tagged along with his 15-year-old sister to a park in the area of Schoenherr Street and East State Fair Avenue to meet another girl to fight.

Police said it was there that the 15-year-old girl's brother accidentally shot her in the arm.

Following an investigation, police say they arrested the teen's brother on Thursday. Police are still working to determine who owned the gun.

"The time for sleep-at-the-wheel parenting needs to stop. We need parents to engage their children, to know where they're at at any given time," said Detroit Police Captain Jo

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