1. They shouldn't have been playing with a gun.  Way to emulate thug culture when you live in Alaska (as non thug as it gets) 

2. When your friend was shot you shouldn't have ran/lied to begin with. Two people ran away from the scene and obviously since the details were sketchy from the get go a lot of bs/lying happened because you were being a coward.

3. You may not have murdered your friend out of spite but your lack of care, common sense and good judgment still resulted in your friends death.  Now you will have to live with that for the rest of you life and his life was cut short and ended.  

Multiple lives were ruined because these "kids" we're out running the street at night past curfew.  Parents keep better tabs on your children. Before a stupid "accident" claims your kids life. For the record if you're 18yr old living at home you're still a child under your parents roof.  Don't like it? Join the military and take responsibility for yourself.