UPDATED: 12/28/23, 4:58 p.m.
Tyree Miles pleaded guilty in June 2022 to a Possession of Firearm Prohibited charge. He was sentenced to three to six years in prison.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Philadelphia man has been charged in the death of a 10-year-old girl who shot herself with an unsecured gun, authorities say.
Tyree Miles, who is the child’s uncle, was arrested over the weekend and faces involuntary manslaughter and gun-related offenses.
Police say the girl shot herself in the head while in the back bedroom of a home on Whitby Avenue near 55th Street in Southwest Philadelphia.
The shooting happened just more than a week after another 10-year-old shot and killed himself accidentally, when other children were home.
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