ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — It appears that a selfie gone wrong is to blame for a St. Louis-area 15-year-old who was killed when he fatally shot himself in the chest last week, police said. <br /> <br />DaMontez Jones died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his right upper chest, and the shooting has been ruled an accident, police said. <br /> <br />The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. last Friday at a home located in the Overland area, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. DaMontez was there with two older brothers, ages 16 and 17, and a younger half-sibling. <br /> <br />Police think Jones found the loaded and unlocked gun on the top shelf of a bedroom closet when his mother and her fiance, who owns the gun, were not home. <br /> <br />His three brothers were in another part of the house when they heard the gun go off. <br /> <br />DaMontez was rushed to the hospital, where he died. <br /> <br />Overland police Lt. Steve Branham said they believe Jones may have been trying to take a selfie due to the proximity of the phone and the gun. <br /> <br />“He had a cellphone found next to him,” Branham said. <br /> <br />Police have been unable to get the phone to work and are sending it to a lab to see if there are any photos in the phone of DaMontez with the gun.
