Devin Hodges 15 shoot and kill friend accidentally took his own life after the tragic incident in Georgia

Teenager took his own life after accidentally fatally shooting his friend while showing off a gun in Georgia, police said Tuesday.

                      KEY HIGHLIGHT

• David Hodges shoot friend accidentally while showing off gun with his friends in Georgia commit suicide thereafter. 

• Carless died from the injury before officers could arrive. 

• Tanya Guiterrez, who has lived in the neighborhood for 12 years. "Something like this never happened before. It’s sad and tragic.”

• Detectives are still working to determine where the gun came from and why the four teens chose that shed to look at it.

The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday in the suburb of Lawrenceville, about 30 miles outside of Atlanta. The Gwinnett County Police Department identified the teenagers in a tweet as Chad Carless, 17, and Devin Hodges, 15.

Hodges was showing off a handgun to a group of four friends in a makeshift shed near a home when the weapon went off and struck Carless, who was sitting next to him, police said. The three teens fled, while one called 911, the department said in a news release.

Carless died from the injury before officers could arrive, according to police.

Hodges was seen by police running between two homes, the department said. He then shot and killed himself as officers were trying to find those involved, police said.

A Neighbors said they are still trying to comprehend what happened.

“I mean, it was really sad. They were so young,” said Tanya Guiterrez, who has lived in the neighborhood for 12 years. "Something like this never happened before. It’s sad and tragic.”

Guiterrez and her family were home when the shootings happened. They live just four houses down from where Hodges took his life. 

"My son just came to tell me to look outside the window and we just saw all the police activity," she said.

Detectives are still working to determine where the gun came from and why the four teens chose that shed to look at it.

“Our thoughts are with the families of both these young men,” the department said. Police have not said who owns the gun.

Authorities said the two teens' identities were not being released pending notification of family.

The shootings are still under investigation to unravel the mystery behind it.