CHUBBUCK, Idaho (AP) — A 5-year-old girl is dead after police say another 5-year-old accidentally shot her at an eastern Idaho home.
Lt. Bill Guiberson of the Chubbuck Police Department says emergency workers responded to a Chubbuck home at about 3 p.m. Wednesday and took the victim to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. The hospital confirmed later in the evening the girl had died.
In a statement Thursday, police said adults were in the home at the time of the shooting but were in a different room.
It’s unclear whether the victim lived at the residence; the statement said only that she was there “visiting with friends” when the shooting happened. Police didn’t return a call Thursday from The Associated Press.
Investigators have not released the type of gun involved or said how the children got access to it.
No names or other details have been released, and police continue to investigate.
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The price of “freedom.”
I know we’re trying to be all grammatically correct with our use of “accidentally” on these stories, but we can’t determine from the information given if this was an accident or not. For all we know, Child A pointed the gun at Child B and intentionally pulled the trigger.
Kids that young watch TV and know that guns are used to shoot people. If that’s what happened, then the death might be accidental, as it wasn’t intended, but the shooting may have been intentional.
Just pondering the grammar here. Discuss.
Accident: I knocked a glass off my kitchen counter.
Not an Accident: I was juggling glasses and I dropped one.
Accident: My chainsaw kicked back and I received a nasty bruise.
Not an Accident: I took all the safety guards off my chainsaw, was juggling it when it was running, and cut my arm off.
Not an Accident: I left my loaded gun where a five year old could get to it, and he/she killed someone with it.
Yeah, I read what Josh posted about this. I respectfully disagree with him.
Honest. You never know. When my daughter was five she ran into the kitchen and asked for a knife. I asked her why and she blurted out, “To stab Hannah!” Thankfully, since we talked, she’s not brought anything like this up again…
Well, if it was Hannah Montana, then it could have been justified.