(Indianapolis, IN) - A Michigan City teenager has lost his appeal in a fatal shooting.  Javan Brown is serving a more than five year prison sentence for reckless homicide.  He fatally shot 18-year old Justin Garner nearly two years ago.

Authorities said the gun went off while Brown was reaching for it in his car.  Garner, who was sitting in the backseat of the vehicle, was struck in the head. 

In his appeal, Brown said the shooting was an accident.  However, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled the shooting resulted from reckless acts, instead.  Brown obtaining the gun after his release from juvenile detention and reaching for the gun with his left hand, even though he is right handed, were among the factors cited by the court in its decision.