An 11-year-old boy has been charged with homicide after a gun he was allegedly playing with went off and killed his 15-year-old friend . The victim , DaVontae Ziegler , was outside on his front porch in Nashville with the 11-year-old and another 14-year-old boy during a school snow day on Friday . Ziegler ran to get help at a neighbor 's house after he was shot , but died from his injuries at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center . An 11-year-old boy has been charged with homicide after a gun he was allegedly playing with went off and killed his 15-year-old friend DaVonte Ziegler . The 11-year-old told investigators that the gun , which he said he found , fired accidentally while he was playing with it , according to police . Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said witnesses saw the 11-year-old check on his friend after the gun went off , but fled the scene before police arrived . The 11-year-old told police he disposed of the gun . It has not yet been found , according to Aaron . DaVontae 's aunt and uncle have been left devastated , both for the loss of the teenager they have raised since he was six weeks old and for the boy who could now face jail time . Glenn Griswould said the 11-year-old often came by the house to play video games with DaVontae . 'They were friends . I just know the little boy did n't do it on purpose , ' he told the Tennessean . Ziegler was outside on his front porch ( pictured ) in Nashville with the 11-year-old and another 14-year-old boy during a school snow day on Friday when the shooting occurred . Glenn and Amelia Griswould , DaVontae 's aunt and uncle , have been left devastated - both for the loss of the teenager they have raised since he was six weeks old and for the boy who could now face jail time . Amelia Griswould said she hopes the child does n't receive a life sentence in prison for something that was 'an accident ' . 'That 's two children whose life is gone , ' she told KCTV5 . 'He 's going to suffer just knowing that he killed his friend , and that 's enough punishment for that child . ' Mrs Griswould said she did n't want to feel anger towards the family , but that she 'ca n't feel sympathy for them right now ' . 'They gone took my child , ' she told the Tennessean . 'All I know is my child is not coming home . I 'm not going to have him wake up on Saturday mornings wanting pancakes . ' Mrs Griswould also questioned why the 11-year-old 's parents were unaware he had a gun . She told families to watch 'what your children are doing and getting into ' . 'So many gangs , so many adults just giving children guns for no apparent reason , ' she told WKRN-TV . 'And it 's killing our children . ' Mrs Griswould said she hopes the child does n't receive a life sentence in prison . 'He 's going to suffer just knowing that he killed his friend , and that 's enough punishment for that child , ' she said .
Glenn Griswould was shot on the front porch of his Nashville home . He was playing with the boy and a 14-year-old during school snow day . Witnesses said 11-year-old checked on his friend and then fled scene . He told police he had found the gun he was playing with .