The kid has his back to them and probably had no idea what they were yelling. He turned to see what was going on and they shot him. I saw a photo of the gun taken from 2-3 feet. It looked fairly realistic from that range. From farther with less time to decide I would not have been able to discern it was not real.
I read it was a "BB" gun. I am not sure I support metallic BB guns having orange barrels. Airsoft guns either for that matter.
Tragic mistake.
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