Instagram Shooting: Teen Charged In Friend's Live-Streamed Death

DETROIT, MI — The Detroit teen who reportedly shot and killed his friend with a rifle while filming live on Instagram has been charged with a misdemeanor and may face up to two years behind bars. Dawone Cook, 18, of Detroit, reportedly shot his friend Dylan Hemphill, also 18, late April 2 while playing with a rifle with a bayonet at a house on the city's west side. He was arraigned last week and charged with careless discharge causing injury or death. He was given a $20,000 or 10 percent cash surety bond.

The teens were filming live on Instagram when Hemphill, who went by the screen name almightyy_dyl, took a bullet to the back of the head. Cook called 911 but his friend was pronounced dead on the scene.

"It seems so surreal right now. I'm shocked, very shocked," Dylan Hemphill's mom, Shantel Hemphill, told WXYZ after the incident. "They're close friends. They're like brothers. I mean, I treated (Dawone) like he was a son of mine."

Cook was placed under arrest and then later released pending the investigation. He failed to make his first arraignment scheduled for late April.

Photo courtesy Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

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