15-Year-Old Girl Shot In The Head By A Friend Identified

News 5 has learned the identity of the teenage girl Mobile police say was accidentally shot in the head by a friend.

Police say 15-year-old Kellie Beck was at her friend's house on Hunter's Ridge Drive Monday afternoon. The two girls were playing with a .357 magnum. The other girl pointed it at Beck and pulled the trigger.

Beck was transported to Providence Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her friend was charged with Manslaughter and booked into Strickland Youth Center.

Grieving friends have created a Facebook page in beck's honor. Click here to see it.

Homicide detectives have preliminarily ruled the shooting as an accident. But they have not said whether Beck's friend knew the gun was loaded.

News 5's Kimberly Curth is tracking down new details in the case and will have the latest tonight on News 5 at 5:00 and 6:00.