Cops: Gun Used In Boy’s Fatal Shooting Was Stolen Last Year

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a handgun a 9-year-old Syracuse boy used to kill his younger brother was stolen from a city firefighter who was later fired for his link to a fatal hit-and-run accident.

The Post-Standard reports (http://bit.ly/2ir6JWr ) that police say former firefighter Edward "Ted" Ackerman reported last August that a 9mm Glock had been stolen from his unlocked pickup truck.

He was fired in April after being charged with tampering with evidence when an Onondaga County district attorney's investigator was charged in the hit-and-run death of an 18-year-old man.

Police say the stolen gun was the same one that a boy fired inside his family's home early Monday morning, killing his brother, 8-year-old Shaleek Carrears.

Authorities don't believe the shooting was intentional. Prosecutors are considering charges against the boys' father for possessing the gun.

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Information from: The Post-Standard, http://www.syracuse.com