ELMO, Mo. (AP) — A 9-month-old northwestern Missouri boy is dead after his 5-year-old brother playing with a handgun accidentally shot him in the head.
Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White says the baby was pronounced dead at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City just before noon on Monday.
The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1zsiSLP ) reports that emergency responders were called to a home in Elmo around 9 a.m. Monday after a 5-year-old found a loaded .22 caliber handgun and apparently was handling it when it fired.
White says the bullet struck the 9-month-old, who was in a playpen.
The sheriff says there is no reason to believe the shooting was anything other than an accident.
Elmo is located 120 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri.
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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com
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The parents of these two children are TOO STUPID to own a gun, leaving it out in an area for a five-year-old to pick up and handle. GMFB!
I have a crazy crazy wish that the kid had shot both parents in the head, “accidentally”, of course.
Yes, the “shooting” was accidental, the “leaving the gun out” should be a crime.
is this going to be another ‘they’ve suffered enough’ and we don’t want to punish them anymore things? this should be a felony and then people that are that stupid wouldn’t be allowed to own a gun… they wouldn’t have to serve time just be on 2 year probation…
NRA answer “If only the 9-Month-Old had had a gun…”
LaPierre: The only thing that can stop a bad baby with a gun, is a good baby with a gun.