BATON ROUGE - A 13-year-old accused of murdering a 6-year-old has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

Jesavrie Bell appeared in a Baton Rouge court Monday morning where he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.

The teen is accused of shooting 6-year-old Jahiem Holliday while playing with a group of children in their neighborhood in November.

Bell told police he was playing with a gun he found inside his uncle's home when he accidentally fired it and killed Holliday.