A 14-year-old boy allegedly fatally shot his older sister in Florida after a family argument over Christmas presents, officials said Tuesday.

The teen had been out shopping on Christmas Eve with Abrielle Baldwin, his 23-year-old sister, as well as his mother, 15-year-old brother and sister’s children, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference.

The teenage brothers got into an argument about who was getting more Christmas presents.

“They had this family spat about who was getting what and what money was being spent on who, and they were having this big thing going on in this store,” Gualtieri said.

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    11 months ago

    Jesus.

    The 14 year old brother shot his 23 year old sister.

    Then the 15 year old brother shot the 14 year old brother, and disposed of the handgun.

    The 23 year old sister is dead. The 14 year old brother is stable.

    The 14 year old is being charged with first degree murder. The 15 year old is being charged with attempted first degree murder.

    The sister had a child, which was not harmed.

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      11 months ago

      The 23 year old sister had 2 children, one of which was already 6 years old, if my reading skills aren’t failing me.

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        11 months ago

        This reads like a shitty math problem.

        Jamal, 14M, shoots his 23 year old sister, Abriele, dead. Abriele had a 6 year old son How many years will it take for the 6 year old to be old enough to kill his Uncle in cold blood on Christmas? And what age will Jamal be?

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      11 months ago

      Apparently the sister died from drowning on her OWN blood.

      Anyway, merry jolly Christmas everyone!

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      11 months ago

      The sister had a child, which was not harmed.

      I thought you said “armed”, and if only… if that kid had been packing he could have been the good guy with a gun who would have mowed down all the bad guys and saved the day.