--- title: Teen Fatally Shot After Cousin Falls Off Hoverboard description: His 18-year-old cousin accidentally fired the gun when he lost balance canonical: https://time.com/4216061/fatally-shot-hoverboard-fall/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-10T20:11:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:57:47.830Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Teen Killed After Cousin Falls Off Hoverboard and Fires Gun og:description: His 18-year-old cousin accidentally fired the gun when he lost balance. og:url: https://time.com/4216061/fatally-shot-hoverboard-fall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Teen Killed After Cousin Falls Off Hoverboard and Fires Gun twitter:description: His 18-year-old cousin accidentally fired the gun when he lost balance. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Teen Killed After Cousin Falls Off Hoverboard and Fires Gun by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Feb 10, 2016 8:11 PM CUT by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Feb 10, 2016 8:11 PM CUT A 13-year-old in Florida was killed after his cousin fell from a hoverboard, causing a gun to discharge into the back of the boy’s head, Orlando police said. The victim, Lavardo Fisher, died Monday night after he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition following the shooting Saturday at a relative’s home. Lavardo was playing Xbox at the time, the [Orlando Sentinel](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-lavardo-fisher-teen-shot-dead-hoverboard-20160209-story.html "undefined") said. His 18-year-old cousin later told deputies that he accidentally fired the gun when he lost balance while on the hoverboard, reported [NBC affiliate WESH](http://www.wesh.com/news/13yearold-critically-hurt-in-accidental-shooting-has-died/37902946 "undefined"). His cousin admitted to finding the firearm under a bed in his… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-boy-fatally-shot-after-cousin-falls-hoverboard-discharging-gun-n515661 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4216061/fatally-shot-hoverboard-fall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4216061/fatally-shot-hoverboard-fall/"},"headline":"Teen Killed After Cousin Falls Off Hoverboard and Fires Gun","datePublished":"2016-02-10T20:11:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:57:47.830Z","description":"His 18-year-old cousin accidentally fired the gun when he lost balance","url":"https://time.com/4216061/fatally-shot-hoverboard-fall/","keywords":["Crime","Death","Gun Control","Technology & Media","Tech"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Erik Ortiz / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"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/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4216061/fatally-shot-hoverboard-fall/","name":"Teen Killed After Cousin Falls Off Hoverboard and Fires Gun"}}]}] ```