Teen charged in death of 13-year-old

ST. LOUIS -- The family of an 18-year-old charged in the death of a fellow teen-ager, shot once in the back while playing a video game, insists it was the result of a prank gone bad.

Authorities charged Antonio Brown with involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the death of Christian McCoy, 13, on Friday. McCoy died Thursday after suffering a single gunshot wound to the back.

Police said McCoy was playing video games with a friend, a cousin of Brown, in the second-floor bedroom of the friend's house on the city's north side when he was shot.

Brown's family said McCoy was shot with a .32-caliber revolver that discharged accidentally.