14-Year-Old Loses Eye After Gun Discharges in Charleston
In Charleston, South Carolina, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the face, resulting in the loss of his eye, when a gun he was handling with a 17-year-old friend discharged. The older friend is now facing multiple charges related to…
Phoenix, AZ, October 14, 2026 —
A 14-year-old boy lost an eye after being shot in the face when a gun he was handling with a 17-year-old friend discharged in Charleston, South Carolina. The older friend is now facing multiple charges related to the incident.
The available information does not specify when the shooting occurred or where in Charleston it happened. It also does not describe how the gun discharged, who owned it or what the two teenagers were doing when it fired.
The 17-year-old is facing multiple charges, but the specific charges and the court or case status were not provided. No information was provided about whether the younger boy or anyone else was present when the gun discharged.
The boy’s loss of his eye is the only reported detail about his injuries. Further information about his condition or treatment was not provided. The circumstances surrounding the incident, including whether authorities have made any additional findings, are also not available in the summary.
Without details about the charges, the timing of the incident or the circumstances of the discharge, the available account does not establish how the gun came to be handled by the teenagers or what happened afterward. The confirmed information is limited to the reported shooting in Charleston, the 14-year-old’s loss of an eye, and the 17-year-old’s facing multiple charges related to the incident.
Story summarized from the original created by Kavya Ramesh, Gray News staff on www.azfamily.com, see more information here.
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