Hang on - there's BB guns . . .
And there's BB Guns . . .
And according to the article - the 13 year old didn't have the brightly painted type of BB gun - he had the one that looks like a real gun
The end result is the 13 year old still ended up dead, and lord knows, the US police don't need any excuse to shoot anyone
Given that unarmed people get shot with frighten regularity, what the hell were the parents doing letting a kid go outside with what appears to be, to all intents and purpose, a real gun . . .
Oh! sorry, it's 'Merica, where even the most basic of fire arm instruction is frowned upon . . . in which case, shit happens, move on, nothing to see here - tune in next week to see the where the next kid's been killed