The Brief A 17-year-old girl died after being shot Wednesday afternoon in Orange County. Update (July 31): The Orange County Sheriff's Office said it has arrested 19-year-old Jehovah Jeremiah Mitchell under suspicion of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence amid a shooting investigation into his 17-year-old girlfriend's death. After the shooting, Mitchell said he "wasn't thinking clearly" and took the gun from his girlfriend's hand and got rid of it in some woods behind the apartment building. Credit: Orange County Sheriff's OfficeFriends told detectives that Bradford did not own a gun, but suspected she may have taken her mother's firearm in 2023, and gave it to Mitchell. Original storyA 17-year-old girl was killed in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Orange County, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.