Tragedy for one Florida family after a 13-year-old academic and athletic all-star was accidentally shot and killed by his 18-year-old cousin:
Just after 11 p.m. on Monday, Lavardo became Orange County's eighth gunshot fatality in the past week — and the youngest victim in Orange and Seminole counties this year. Lavardo was playing Xbox on Sunday when he was accidentally shot in the back of the head by his cousin. The 18-year-old shooter was on a hoverboard and lost his balance, causing the gun to fire.
Two teen cousins of the victim, Lavardo Fisher, initially made up a story for police, but eventually came clean with the truth of the horrible accident. The gun belonged to an older male who lived in the home:
Deputies determined the gun belonged to Walter Morame, who was not home at the time of the shooting. He denied owning the gun, the report states.
Morame, 35, was arrested Sunday on charges of possession of a weapon by a felon, deputies said. He was convicted in 2006 of battery of a law enforcement officer, Orange County Court records show.
Lavardo Fisher’s football coach told the Orlando Sentinel that Lavardo Fisher had been named a Pop Warner All-American Scholar and that he was a humble kid who was the type of kid you’d hope your daughter would marry one day.