--- description: A teen in India shot and killed himself with his father's gun while taking a selfie, posing with it when he pulled the trigger title: Indian Teen Fatally Shoots Himself While Taking a Gun Selfie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1043f64f93cbd42f/69888a10cf40a832c6c424f3/hand-gun-fire-arm-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Indian Teen Fatally Shoots Himself While Taking a Gun Selfie by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 6:08 PM CUT  Close-up of a gun Close-up of a gunStockbyte/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 6:08 PM CUT A teen in India shot and killed himself with [his father’s gun while taking a selfie with the weapon](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/asia/india-teenager-dies-gun-selfie/index.html "undefined"). The 15-year-old was reportedly posing with the pistol on Friday when he pulled the trigger. [CNN reports ](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/asia/india-teenager-dies-gun-selfie/index.html "undefined")the safety of was not on when the teen took the picture. He was taken to a hospital in India’s Punjab state, where he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday afternoon. Police told [AFP](https://www.yahoo.com/news/indian-teen-shoots-himself-head-taking-selfie-gun-072938157.html "undefined") they had planned to speak to the boy if he had been declared medically fit, before his death was announced. “We think that part of the blame obviously goes to the father for not keeping his loaded gun under lock and key at their home,” officials said. India has seen a number of accidental deaths involving selfies recently. According to [_AFP_](https://www.yahoo.com/news/indian-teen-shoots-himself-head-taking-selfie-gun-072938157.html "undefined"), a teen died earlier this year after trying to take a selfie in front of an oncoming train. [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/asia/india-teenager-dies-gun-selfie/index.html "undefined") reports Mumbai has declared some areas “no-selfie zones” to prevent injuries. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4314761/gun-selfie-teen-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4314761/gun-selfie-teen-death/"},"headline":"Indian Teen Fatally Shoots Himself While Taking a Gun Selfie","datePublished":"2016-05-02T18:08:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:12:26.964Z","description":"The safety of his father's gun was off when he took the selfie","url":"https://time.com/4314761/gun-selfie-teen-death/","keywords":["Death","India","selfies","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1043f64f93cbd42f/69888a10cf40a832c6c424f3/hand-gun-fire-arm-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1043f64f93cbd42f/69888a10cf40a832c6c424f3/hand-gun-fire-arm-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Close-up of a gun","caption":"Close-up of a gun","creditText":"Stockbyte/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4314761/gun-selfie-teen-death/","name":"Indian Teen Fatally Shoots Himself While Taking a Gun Selfie"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Baltimore Officer Shoots 13-Year-Old Boy","description":"A Baltimore police officer on Wednesday shot a 13-year-old boy who was carrying around a fake gun, authorities said.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZW1fn4lO/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-28T16:57:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZW1fn4lO.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4314761/gun-selfie-teen-death/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4314761/gun-selfie-teen-death/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```