COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One person is dead and another is arrested after an alleged accidental shooting in east Columbus Thursday night. 

According to a Columbus police, the shooting was reported in the 4000 block of Carlton Avenue, in the Leawood neighborhood at approximately 8:23 p.m. Officers found 18-year-old Terrance Spellman suffering from a gunshot wound and he was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.

Spellman was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m. Police received statements that Spellman was with a group of friends and were in possession of several firearms.

According to statements made to police, one of the individuals, 18-year-old Donnie Walls Jr., was recklessly handling one of the guns which he unintentionally fired. A bullet struck Spellman, fatally wounding him.

Walls and the other individual reportedly carried Spellman outside and left him in a nearby parking lot before calling 911. The two provided police with false statements to the 911 operator as to what occurred.

Police arrested Walls, who is charged with reckless homicide and is being held at Franklin County Jail. He is scheduled to appear in court Saturday morning.

CPD is asking that anyone with additional information regarding this incident to contact Detective Polgar at (614) 645-4196 or SPolgar@ColumbusPolice.org or to call Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).