An Ossian teen has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Kane Krinn.

Joshua M. Burke, 18, of 127 East LaFever St., Ossian, has been charged with criminal recklessness and pointing a firearm, both Class D felonies.

Burke turned himself in to Ossian Police Tuesday afternoon after the warrants were issued for his arrest. Ossian Police Chief David Rigney said he notified Burke's parents that the warrants had been issued.

Burke posted $10,000 and was released from the Wells County Jail.

In deciding to file the charges, Wells County Prosecutor Mike Lautzenheiser said, "I feel sorry for him, but I read and did a lot of research on this and there's a major distinction between an accident and a reckless act."

The prosecutor noted that Burke didn't drop the gun and it accidentally discharged or this didn't occur while the two were hunting. He said that while Burke has emphasized he had no intention to harm Krinn, he did intentionally point the firearm at him.

"It was a reckless act," said Lautzenheiser adding that to have done nothing about it would have been inappropriate.

Burke is charged with shooting Krinn in his upper right arm while horse playing in Burke's parents' garage Feb. 5.

According to the police report filed with the court, a 17-year-old male was also present at the time of the incident. Burke removed his father's shotgun from a gun cabinet in the garage, thought it was empty, racked it and shot Krinn, who was standing about three feet away at the time the gun discharged.

Krinn reportedly did not lose consciousness right away, but collapsed shortly afterward a short distance from where the incident happened.

He died at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne of a single .12 gauge shotgun wound.

Burke reportedly admitted during the course of the investigation to Ossian Police Chief David Rigney that he had accidentally shot Krinn. "Josh stated that he pulled the trigger thinking the shotgun was empty," wrote Rigney in his report.

A toxicology test was performed on both Burke and the 17-year-old boy. While no drugs or alcohol were detected in the 17-year-old, the drug screen showed presumptive positive for cannabinoids-marijuana-for Burke.

No other drugs or alcohol were detected.

The toxicology report noted that on the cannabinoids, confirmatory testing was not performed, but was available to the investigating officers upon request.

Rigney cautioned that the presumptive test can test positive but the confirmatory test can come back negative. The presumptive test is not used in determining whether charges are filed. He is awaiting the results of the confirmatory test from the state police lab in Indianapolis.

However, even if the confirmatory test comes back positive, Rigney noted that the two charges that have already been filed against Burke would be all that would be filed and there would be no intent to pursue a drug charge.