--- description: Police said a 12-year-old girl in Tennessee shot and killed a 16-year-old girl with a stolen gun. title: 12-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shoots Teen With Stolen Gun: Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 12-Year-Old Girl Charged With Criminal Homicide After Killing Teen, Police Say  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 9:03 PM CUTPublished: Jan 1, 2018 4:03 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 9:03 PM CUTPublished: Jan 1, 2018 4:03 PM CUT Police said a 12-year-old girl in Tennessee shot and killed a 16-year-old girl with a stolen gun early Sunday. The suspect, whose identity has not been released, is being charged with criminal homicide in juvenile court over the shooting death of [Brentrice Wilson](http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2017/12/31/nashville-police-12-year-old-charged-connection-fatal-madison-shooting/993437001/ "undefined"), according to the [Nashville Police Department](https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/947529657397760000 "undefined"). Authorities said the younger girl was allegedly holding the gun inside an apartment in Nashville when it went off and struck Wilson. > [](https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/947529657397760000) The two girls and other youngsters had allegedly taken the gun from a vehicle in a nearby parking lot, the [Associated Press](https://ktar.com/story/1885517/12-year-old-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-16-year-old/? "undefined") reported. The 12-year-old suspect was pointing the gun at the others in the group, according to the AP. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5083321/nashville-shooting-girls-brentrice-wilson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5083321/nashville-shooting-girls-brentrice-wilson/"},"headline":"12-Year-Old Girl Charged With Criminal Homicide After Killing Teen, Police Say","datePublished":"2018-01-01T16:03:15.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T21:03:55.000Z","description":"The victim was a 16-year-old girl","url":"https://time.com/5083321/nashville-shooting-girls-brentrice-wilson/","keywords":["Crime","Tennessee","onetime","onetimecrime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"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":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5083321/nashville-shooting-girls-brentrice-wilson/","name":"12-Year-Old Girl Charged With Criminal Homicide After Killing Teen, Police Say"}}]}] ```