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ATLANTA — A teen is dead after he accidentally shot himself while his friends watched on Instagram Live, according to WXIA.

“I heard a big boom,” his mother Shaniqua Stephens said. “I couldn’t tell if it was a gun shot or what.”

Stephens had just watched her 13-year-old son, Malachi Hemphill, take out the trash Monday evening when she heard the gunshot.

She rushed upstairs with her daughter to find her son in pool of blood. His phone was still streaming on Instagram Live.

“We kicked in the door. We found him just laying there in a pool of blood,” Stephens told the station. “My daughter screamed and said, ‘Mom turn his phone off!’ As I proceeded to look at his phone he was on Instagram Live.”

The teen was live on Instagram holding a gun when it suddenly went off. He was rushed to the hospital where he died.

“There was about 40 to 50 kids outside,” she said. “I guess these were the kids that were watching on live that live in the area. I guess when it happened they just ran over here.”

Stephens told WXIA someone told him to put a clip in the gun during the live video and he obliged. Stephens believes it was an accident and not a suicide.

Detectives are working to find out how Malachi got ahold of the gun.

Stephens is now urging parents to keep a vigilant eye on what their children are doing.

“Monitor their phones, just monitor your children,” Stephens said. “More now than anything.”

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Detectives are working to find out how Malachi got ahold of the gun.

Cops Arrest Juvenile They Say Gave Gun To Teen Who Accidentally Shot Himself On Instagram

Malachi Hemphill accidentally shot himself while friends watched the livestream.

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Cops Arrest Juvenile They Say Gave Gun To Teen Who Accidentally Shot Himself On Instagram​

Inside Edition
Updated April 18, 2017

An arrest has been made in the case of a Georgia teen who cops say accidentally shot himself while friends watched on a social media livestream last week.

A week after family, friends and even strangers nationwide were left shocked by the death of 13-year-old Malachi Hemphill, cops in his Atlanta-area hometown of Forest Park announced the arrest of a juvenile who they say provided the gun to the boy.

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Authorities say the juvenile gave Malachi the 9mm semi-automatic pistol that the teen's family says he was showing off on Instagram Live April 10 when the firearm discharged.

The juvenile, who police have not named, has been charged with "numerous offenses," according to Forest Park police Maj. Chris Matson.

As Malachi's family begins to pick up the pieces, one spot of light in these dark times has come from an unexpected source: Shaquille O'Neal.

The NBA legend was so personally moved by the sad tale that he offered to personally pay for Malachi's funeral.

"No mother should have to go through this,” O’Neal said in a statement. “I can only imagine the pain that she and all of Malachi’s family must be feeling. I just wanted to do what I could to help them at such a terrible time."

Malachi was discovered by his mother and sister in a pool of his own blood after they heard a loud boom in his bedroom.

Malachi's phone was still streaming to Instagram Live when they found him, according to reports.

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Malachi was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died. Family members are certain it wasn't a suicide.

"He did not kill himself," said his godmother, Shantirea Bankston. "He loved life; he was just playing with a gun and the gun went off."

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