Teen Unwittingly Records His Own Death After Drunk Uncle Shoots Him Dead By Mistake

A drunk man in India "accidentally" shot his teen nephew dead as the victim filmed the entire incident.

In the video, the accused and the 19-year-old victim, surrounded by alcohol bottles, are seen talking and laughing while sitting beside each other. Another man, believed to be the accused’s friend, can also be seen chit-chatting with them.

The accused then picks up a pistol, loads it with a bullet, and "accidentally" shoots the teen following which the mobile phone falls from the victim’s hand. The incident took place in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The victim was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced brought dead. The body has since been sent for an autopsy.

Local reports stated that the teen’s father filed a police complaint and accused the victim’s maternal uncle Deepak and his friend of killing his son.

Based on the complaint, one of the accused was taken into custody and during interrogation, he said he was just "checking out" the weapon and the shooting was unintentional.

Meanwhile, the video has since gone viral on social media with people calling it "very disturbing."

Replying to one of the tweets, the Uttar Pradesh police said, "In connection with the said incident, on 24.02.2021, the police station has registered a complaint against the accused in relevant sections and one accused has been arrested, efforts are on to arrest the remaining accused, legal action is being taken."

The incident comes months after a TikToker was accidentally shot dead while filming a fake kidnapping video in Mexico. Areline Martínez was shooting the video with a few friends when one of them accidentally shot her. While most of the friends fled, one of them contacted the local authorities and reported the incident. The entire incident was caught on camera. Police said that preliminary investigation revealed the accused was "tampering with a firearm thinking that it was not loaded and shot the woman." Nobody was arrested in connection with the incident at the time and also remained unclear if the weapon was licensed.