A teenager from Michigan fatally shot himself during a Russian roulette, police said in a statement this week.
The teenager died in October after failing to respond in a home in Burton, about four miles southeast of Flint.
“After interviews and the collection of evidence, it was determined that some residents of the house were playing Russian roulette. The victim sustained a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” the Burton police station said in a Facebook report on Monday.
Police said they were providing an update on the case “due to the large amount of public interest.”
The department did not disclose the teenager’s name. MLive.com reports that he was a 17-year-old student at Bentley High School.
The school posted a statement on Facebook a day after the boy’s death on October 24.
“It is with a very heavy heart that I write to share with you that we have lost one of our students,” Superintendent Kristy Spann wrote in a letter outlining ways for teens to deal with their grief.
“The advantage of Bentley is that we are a close-knit community and, together with compassion and patience, can help one another through loss.”
Officers found several stolen items during the search of the home and believe some of the occupants broke into the area, police said. Some of the items found were returned to their owners, according to the police statement.
Detectives investigating the incident submitted their findings to the Genesee County prosecutor’s office.
The prosecutor’s office did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.
