the shooting took place on tennessee street around 9:00 pm .
the east baton rouge parish prison reported adonis forbes , 25 , of baton rouge , was released after posting $ 10,000 bond .
while they were at their house at 2014 tennessee st. , forbes decided to check on his gun and found it was malfunctioning — and while trying to fix it , the gun fired , mckneely said .
the teen was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead .
when police arrived , they found hawkins and forbes are related , mckneely said .
baton rouge man returning home to check on kids , accidentally shoots , kills 13 - year - old baby - sitter baton rouge man returning home to check on kids , accidentally shoots , kills 13 - year - old baby - sitter a baton rouge man was working on his handgun saturday night when it accidentally discharged , killing a 13 - year - old boy who was baby - sitting his kids .
 
according to the baton rouge police department , forbes was working on his handgun when it accidentally went off and hawkins was hit in the stomach .
baton rouge police say a young male was killed in a shooting saturday night .