SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - A Dorchester County School District Two teaching assistant and her boyfriend are charged with providing a firearm to a 15-year-old boy, which he later used in his death.

Patiance Shy’torra Myles and Tristen Alan Stone were booked on July 25 into the Dorchester County Jail on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and criminal conspiracy.

On July 4, officers with the Summerville Police Department and Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on reports of a male with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers found a 15-year-old boy dead with a handgun that his loved ones told officers did not know he was in possession of.

The teenager’s cell phone was collected from the scene and showed he contacted Myles, who is reportedly his cousin

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