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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#574444;font-size:16px"><strong>St Louis Police initially described the incident in which 12-year-old Paris Harvey, shot her cousin, Kuaron Harvey, 14, before shooting herself as Murder-Suicide, but relatives kick against the description </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#574444;font-size:16px"><strong>The children&#8217;s family described the horrific shooting that took place at a house the family rented to celebrate birthdays, as a &#8216;freak accident&#8217; </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#574444;font-size:16px"><strong>Police responded to the Cupples Station Loft Apartments at South 10th and Spruce Street shortly after 2am on Friday </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#574444;font-size:16px"><strong>Paris, whose father is siblings with <strong>Kuaro&#8217;s mother, w</strong></strong>as<strong><strong> creating content and live streaming on Instagram with her cousin at the time &#8211; both were </strong>pronounced dead at the scene </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#574444;font-size:16px"><strong>Relatives have shut down reports of a murder-suicide, insisting instead, that it was a &#8216;freak accident&#8217; ;</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#574444;font-size:16px"><strong>&#8216;It was no murder. It wasn&#8217;t a suicide,&#8217; Paris&#8217; mother, 35-year-old Shinise Harvey, told the St Louis Post-Dispatch. &#8216;It was a freak accident. It happened&#8217; ;</strong><br></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Paris-Harvey-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-403236" width="842" height="482"/><figcaption><strong>Twelve-year-old Paris Harvey [photo], shot her 14-year-old cousin, Kuaron Harvey before shooting herself in what police initially described as a murder-suicide </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Missouri ;girl aged just 12 accidentally&#8217; shot her 14 year-old cousin dead and then killed herself while streaming on Instagram ;Live at a birthday party, her stricken family says. ;<br>St Louis Police initially described Friday&#8217;s incident, in which 12-year-old Paris Harvey, shot Kuaron Harvey before shooting herself, as a murder-suicide.<br>But the children&#8217;s family have since described the horrific shooting that took place at a house the family ;rented to celebrate birthdays, as a &#8216;freak accident.&#8217; ; ;<br>Police responded to the Cupples Station Loft Apartments at South 10th and Spruce Street in Louis, shortly after 2am on Friday. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kuaron-Harvey-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-403224" width="838" height="1308"/><figcaption><strong>After Kuaron was shot in the head, Paris reached for the gun and it may have accidentally gone off, also wounding her in the head, in an incident that relatives said was a &#8216;freak accident&#8217;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kuaron and Paris, whose mother and father are siblings, were pronounced dead at the scene. Relatives have shut down reports of a murder-suicide, saying instead it was a &#8216;freak accident.&#8217; ;<br>&#8216;It was no murder. It wasn&#8217;t a suicide,&#8217; Paris&#8217; mother, 35-year-old Shinise Harvey, told the ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/family-grieves-deaths-of-st-louis-cousins-12-and-14-shot-at-birthday-party-downtown/article_c65a7323-4af8-5603-aa79-e1cddc3e2c14.html#tracking-source=most-popular-homepage" target="_blank">St Louis Post-Dispatch.</a> ;&#8216;It was a freak accident. It happened.&#8217;<br>Harvey said she had not seen the video but family members had described it to her.<br>She said the cousins were &#8216;trying to be too hip,&#8217; when ;livestreaming from the downtown apartment&#8217;s bathroom before the tragedy. ; ; ;<br>After Kuaron was shot in the head, Paris reached for the gun and it may have accidentally gone off, also wounding her in the head, relatives have said.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/South-10th-and-Spruce-Street-in-St-Louis-Missouri-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-403232" width="843" height="552"/><figcaption><strong>The tragedy took place at an appartment the family had rented for a party on South 10th and Spruce Street shortly after 2am on Friday. Kuaron and Paris were pronounced dead at the scene ;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Paris&#8217; grandmother, Susan Dyson, said she saw the Instagram Live video the two cousins were making together. ;<br>After Kuaron was shot in the head, Paris reached for the gun and it may have accidentally gone off, also wounding her in the head, relatives have said. ;<br>&#8216;It wasn&#8217;t a situation where they were arguing or anything like that,&#8217; Dyson told the Post-dispatch. <br>&#8216;They were playing with the gun, when they shouldn&#8217;t have been. Of course, they shouldn&#8217;t have been doing it. I think it just went off. It went off by mistake.&#8217; <br>The gun was believed to have been taken to the party by Kuaron, but cops are still investigating who the weapon was registered to.<br>It is unclear if law enforcement plans to bring charges against any of the adults in charge of the children or their parents. ; ; ;<br>Family members told the Post-dispatch Paris and Kuaron were very close, called each other brother and sister and were always facetiming, rapping, making videos and pulling pranks. ; ;<br>Angel Dyson, Paris&#8217; aunt, also told the outlet the cousins acted &#8216;older than they were.&#8217; ; ;<br>&#8216;No matter how good we try to raise our kids,&#8217; Shinise Harvey said, &#8216;they still are going to venture off.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kuaron-Harvey-3-1024x632.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-403242"/><figcaption><strong> Kuaron Harvey&#8217;s mother, Dara, has also set up a fundraiser to raise money to cover funeral costs. </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Paris&#8217; sister, Tatyina Gilliehan, set up a GoFundMe to raise money to cover funeral costs. Kuaron&#8217;s mother, Dara Harvey, has also set up a fundraiser. <br>On social media, police posted a tribute for the children after their sudden death. <br>&#8216;We are sending our heartfelt condolences to the family of 12-year-old Paris Harvey and 14-year-old Kuaron Harvey who tragically passed away on 3/25/22.&#8217; ;<br>Family members said Paris, who was one of nine children, was a funny seventh grader who loved getting her hair and nails done and had a beautiful voice. ;<br>They described Kuaron as a goofy eighth grader who had long been able to do back flips. ;<br>According to the Post-dispatch, the party was for teenagers and younger adults in the family. ;<br>While Paris and Kuaron had been initially told they couldn&#8217;t go to the party, their mothers eventually said yes when the children begged them to go. ;<br>Paris&#8217; sister, ;Tatyina Gilliehan, set up a ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/raise-money-for-paris?qid=0338b5a6ed3856860ef718493d13ea65" target="_blank">GoFundMe</a> ;to raise money to cover funeral costs. Kuaron&#8217;s mother, Dara Harvey, has also set up a ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-raise-money-for-ksavv?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&;utm_medium=copy_link&;utm_source=customer" target="_blank">fundraiser</a> ;to help with her son&#8217;s funeral</p>

12-year-old Missouri Girl, ‘accidentally’ shoots cousin, 14, dead’ while playing with gun on Instagram Live, at a birthday party, then kills herself
