Crime & Safety
Man, 56, Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 8th Grader
An eighth-grade student suffered a possible self-inflicted fatal gunshot wound in Irvine Thursday, police said.
IRVINE, CA —A 56-year-old man was arrested this week in connection with a fatal shooting of a eighth-grade student in Irvine.
Christian Douglas Yeager was arrested on child endangerment and criminal storage of a firearm, according to the Irvine Police Department.
Irvine police and Orange County Fire Authority paramedics responded at 2:42 p.m. Thursday to a home in the area of Heathergreen and Weepingwood regarding a juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound.
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Upon arrival, police found the injured teen and immediately began rendering medical aid, but the victim died from an alleged self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
The victim did not live at the home and it was not immediately known if Yeager lived at the home or was related to the victim.
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Whether the injury was intentional or accidental remains under investigation.
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