Teen charged after friends with benefits lover fatally shot during Russian roulette foreplay: cops

A 19-year-old Virginia woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after her “friends with benefits” lover was fatally shot during consensual gun-toting foreplay that investigators described as a game of “Russian roulette.”Ember McSpadden allegedly pulled the trigger of a partially loaded handgun three times while counting the clicks before the weapon discharged and struck 26-year-old Shane Brooks in the neck, WAVY-TV reported over the weekend.Brooks had allegedly handed McSpadden the gun — with one live round inside — as the pair engaged in foreplay involving firearms and knives, according to reports citing court documents and testimony.The lead Virginia Beach detective described their relationship in court as a “friends with benefits” situation, according to 13News Now.Brooks’ family, meanwhile, said the two were not dating and that they did not know McSpadden.McSpadden allegedly told investigators that the cylinder would be spun and then checked to make sure it was not positioned on the live round.But on the final pass, the lead detective testified, McSpadden clicked the trigger multiple times before a bullet fired into Brooks’ neck, according to 13News Now.The fatal shooting unfolded in the early morning hours of March 5.Virginia Beach emergency dispatchers received a report of a shooting around 1:09 a.m.in the 2600 block of Virginia Beach Boulevard, according to police.Officers arrived to find Brooks suffering from a gunshot wound.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.Investigators found a total of seven guns in the room where Brooks died, including two revolvers on the bed, according to testimony reported by 13News Now.One of the pistols was identified as the weapon used to shoot Brooks and had one cartridge case in the chamber, according to the station.Virginia Beach police initially described Brooks’ death as the result of an “unintended firearm discharge.”McSpadden, a Virginia Beach resident, was subsequently arrested and ...