Update: Teenager arrested in fatal Patterson shooting

A Patterson teenager has been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter after another teen suffered a fatal gunshot wound on Wednesday.

The shooting at a home in the 100 block of Washburn Street in Patterson was originally reported as an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“After detectives conducted their investigation it was determined the victim’s wound were not self-inflicted,” said Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Sgt. Anthony Bejaran. “There was a juvenile suspect booked for involuntary manslaughter due to the death.”

Bejaran did not release the names or ages of either the victim or the suspect.

Emergency personnel responded to the home, in a neighborhood east of Highway 33 north of downtown Patterson, at about 12:30 p.m.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two males were detained following the shooting. Both had paper bags wrapped around their hands and taped at the top of their forearms. Bagging hands is a technique can be been used to preserve potential evidence.

One of the males eventually was let go while the other was taken away in the patrol car.

A neighbor said the male who was taken away in the patrol car lives at the home where the shooting occurred, along with his mother, her boyfriend and his grandparents. She said the man who was shot doesn’t live there but lives in the neighborhood.

Word of the shooting spread quickly throughout the neighborhood and soon family and friends of the boy who died lined the crime scene tape that was set up around the house. They hugged and cried as they waited to talk to authorities.

This story was originally published February 23, 2017 at 2:45 PM with the headline "Update: Teenager arrested in fatal Patterson shooting."