Gun Goes Off In Car Killing 18-Year-Old: Manatee County Sheriff

BRADENTON, FL — The death of an 18-year-old man after a gun went off in a car Friday evening in Bradenton is under investigation, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Deputies received a call about a person being shot in the 3500 block of 5th Street E. around 6:30 p.m.

When they arrived, they found the victim, Reginald Fields, 18, had already been taken to a local hospital, the sheriff’s office said. He died from his injuries just before 7 p.m.

Witnesses told deputies that Fields was sitting in a parked vehicle with other people when a gun went off, the agency said.

Detectives are investigating what led to the single gunshot being fired.