Investigators said Wednesday that 9-year-old Adrian Brown died from a gunshot wound from a gun fired by his 11-year-old sibling when they were left alone Saturday along with a 13-year-old sibling in their Gary residence in the 400 block of Madison Street.

Police said after Adrian found the loaded gun under a mattress, he showed it to his 11-year-old sibling, believing it was “a fake.”

Raymon Bell, 35, the boyfriend of the boys’ mother, has been charged with eight felonies stemming from the shooting.

Gary Police Detective Darryl Gordon, of the Lake County Prosecutor’s Task Force, said Wednesday that based on his interview with the 11-year-old, he believed the shooting was accidental.

On Tuesday, a statement from Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter issued a statement saying Adrian B

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