Coach, Mom Describe Pellet Gun Shooting

Thomas Williams said he had no idea his son and two other boys ages 11 and 12 were playing with a pellet gun inside his Waycross home the night D.J. Maxwell was shot and killed.

"I blame myself because I could have prevented it, if I would have known," Williams said.

Williams was hosting a sleepover for the boys and they were supposed to be playing video games, but somehow they got a hold of a pellet gun. Eleven-year-old D.J. Maxwell was shot in the chest from point blank range. He later died at the hospital.

Both Williams and Shemika Barnes wanted to get their side of the story out. Barnes' son was also there at the home.

"None of us adults know what went on, nobody but those boys know what happened," Barnes said.

Police said Barnes' son was holding the gun when it went off, killing his friend D.J. Barnes said soon her son will start counseling because he feels so guilty about what happened. But she said other parents need to learn from this.

?Guns are dangerous, I don't care what kind, pellet, bb, water, I don't care,? said Barnes. ?They're dangerous."

The shooting is still under investigation by the Ware County Sheriff's Office.