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A 9-year-old Germantown boy shot himself in the face and died. Then someone got rid of the gun.

The boy’s mother told police the gun belonged to her boyfriend, police said. Both have been interviewed in the ongoing investigation.

Ashley Hicks, the mother of Rasib Ingram, 9, who accidentally shot himself to death on Tuesday, speaks on the phone in front of her East Germantown home Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
Ashley Hicks, the mother of Rasib Ingram, 9, who accidentally shot himself to death on Tuesday, speaks on the phone in front of her East Germantown home Wednesday, May 27, 2020.Read moreMensah M. Dean/ Staff