Brooklyn boy accidentally shot in head

BY KERRY BURKE, EDGAR SANDOVAL and BILL HUTCHINSON

NY DAILY NEWS 3/14/08

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head Thursday by a pal horsing around with a pistol he claimed he didn't know was loaded, police and witnesses said.

The alleged gunman then bent over bleeding Marquis (Little Brother) Perez and pleaded, "Brother, wake up! Wake up!" said Victoria Rodriguez 41, in whose Brooklyn apartment the shooting occurred.

Marquis was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was in critical condition and on life-support equipment Thursday night, a relative said.

Rodriguez said there was no hint of trouble in her Howard Ave. apartment in Ocean Hill, where seven kids, including alleged triggerman Jamal Bethune, 17, and her 3-year-old granddaughter, were hanging out until the gun was fired.

Full story here updates and clarifies the NYPD report in yesterday's post.