TAZEWELL, Va. – An unwanted game of Russian roulette led to the shooting and resulting death of a 16-year-old juvenile a small city in Northwest Virginia and the filing of charges against the alleged shooter, the Tazewell County Commonwealth’s Attorney said Monday.

Commonwealth Attorney Michael Lee Dennis announced that Calvin Dawayne Powers, 28, a resident of Bluefield, Virginia, had been charged with one count of aggravated malicious wounding and one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in the shooting of Tyler Jordan Buchanan, 16, of Bluefield, Virginia. The incident occurred at a local apartment complex.

Evidence showed that on Jan. 5, Powers approached Tyler Buchanan and asked him to play a game of Russian roulette, Dennis said in a press release issued Monday. According to the Investigators, Tyler told Powers that he did not want to play the game with him.

According to a statement made by Powers, he then proceeded to unload the revolver and put one round back in and spun the cylinder. He put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger, Dennis said in the release. When the gun failed to go off, he then spun the cylinder again and put the gun to the back of Tyler’s head and pulled the trigger. The gun fired causing severe injury which caused the current charges to be placed. Ultimately, the injury sustained from the gunshot, caused the death of Tyler Buchanan, a day later.

Buchanan died Jan. 6 at an area hospital. He was a high school student in Bluefield, Virginia.

“An autopsy was performed on Monday, January 9, 2017 and my office is currently awaiting the results from the Medical Examiner’s Office,” Dennis said. “Once those are received, I anticipate additional charges to be placed and more information will be released by this office as available.”

When asked whether a charge of first-degree murder would be sought, Dennis replied, “At this point we are waiting for the autopsy, and then we will make a decision on any additional charges.”

The case is being investigated by the Bluefield, Virginia, Police Department.

Jordan writes for the Bluefield, West Virginia Daily Telegraph.