‘I LOVE YOU’ – HEARTBROKEN MOM REVEALS 16-YEAR-OLD SON’S FINAL WORDS BEFORE HE KILLED HIMSELF AFTER ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTING HIS ‘INSEPARABLE’ BEST FRIEND IN UPSTATE NY HOME In a devastating vigil captured on video, Damarion Jones’s mother tearfully shares the final words her 16-year-old son ever spoke to her: “I love you” . Hours later, inside a Syracuse home, Damarion accidentally shot and killed his 13-year-old best friend Jonah Tanner before turning the 9mm handgun on himself, unable to bear the guilt . Jonah was rushed to the hospital but was later declared brain dead. Both mothers describe the boys as “inseparable” – brothers in every way but blood. The families plan to lay the two friends to rest together.

NY boy, 16, kills himself after fatally shooting ‘inseparable’ best friend in terrible accident: ‘So guilt-ridden’

An upstate New York boy accidentally shot and killed his best friend before taking his own life out of guilt — while their heartbroken families announcing they plan to bury the “inseparable” pair together.

Damarion Jones, 16, tragically gunned down Jonah Tanner, 13, last Wednesday night inside a home on Lincoln Avenue in Syracuse, Syracuse.com reported. Distraught over the unintentional shooting, he turned the 9 mm handgun on himself, the outlet reported, according to Onondaga County prosecutors.

Headshot of Damarion Jones, a Black teenager with dreadlocks, wearing a dark suit jacket and white shirt.
Damarion Jones, 16, accidentally shot his best friend Jonah Tanner, 13, before taking his own life out of guilt.GoFundMe

Jones died of self-inflicted injuries on Wednesday, and Tanner was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but was later declared brain dead, CNYCentral reported.

After Jones shot Tanner, he “apparently felt so guilt-ridden he shot himself,” Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick told Localsyr.

Further details about how the shooting unfolded or how the teens accessed the gun have not yet been released.

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