Authorities: Georgia Man Accidentally Shoots Baby In Face While Cleaning Gun

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A Macon, Ga. man was charged with second degree murder on Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-month-old baby boy the day before.

Authorities upgraded Ronnie Howard’s original charge from reckless conduct to second degree murder, local station WMAZ reported. He is also charged with second degree cruelty to children.

Howard, the boyfriend of the child’s mother, was reportedly cleaning a gun and accidentally shot the baby in the face.

The suspect accompanied the mother as she rushed the baby to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to WMAZ.

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  1. Avatar for tao tao says:

    La mano derecha del Diablo.

  2. The suspect accompanied the mother as she rushed the baby to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to WMAZ.

    He then drove back home grumbling about how he was going to have to clean the gun AGAIN now that there were baby parts all over the barrel. Life is so unfair.
  3. Is the gun OK? Oh Christ, I think I just made myself sick.

  4. OMG! If they had only listened to the NRA and started training that baby sooner so it could protect itself:

    “The only thing that stops a bad parent with a gun is a good baby with a gun.” ____Wayne LaPierre in 3…2…1

  5. This would be more worrisome if not for the impending overthrow of Texas.

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