GHAZIABAD - A 17-year-old boy shot dead a 15-year-old girl at her residence here Wednesday and then turned the gun on himself after she had allegedly spurned his advances, police said.

The boy went to the victim’s house in Mahendra Enclave locality, which falls under Kavi Nagar police station, and shot the girl dead with a pistol he stole from his employer. He then shot himself also, a police official said.

“The boy stole the licensed pistol of his employer Anil Kumar Rawat and reached the girl’s house in Mahendra Enclave in the morning. At that time, the girl was in the living room while her sister-in-law was in the kitchen,” a police official said.

The sister-in-law suddenly heard two shots from the living room and rushed there. She was stunned to see both lying on the floor with a pistol near them, he added.

She called the police and rushed them to hospital where doctors declared the girl dead.

“The boy is critical since the bullet has passed through his head,” said Circle Officer Rajesh Bharti. The chances of his survival are slim, he added.

According to the police, the boy was angry because the girl, a Class 6 student, had spurned his advances.

She had apparently stopped meeting him after her brother objected to their closeness.