3-year-old Colorado girl shot by 5-year-old boy
3-year-old Colorado girl shot by 5-year-old boy
PUEBLO, Colo. Police say that a 5-year-old playing with a gun shot and injured a 3-year-old girl in Colorado.
The girl was in critical condition but stable condition Monday after the shooting. The Pueblo Chieftain reports that Pueblo police believe two other children were playing with a handgun in the backyard of a home.
Police say a 9-year-old boy got the handgun from the house and that a 5-year-old got the gun and pointed it at the girl. The gender of the 5-year-old was not disclosed.
The mother of the victim was home at the time and has not been identified by police.
The child who shot the 3-year-old will not be charged with a crime. But the gun owner, 22-year-old Adrian Chavez, was arrested and faces child abuse charges.
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The child who shot the 3-year-old will not be charged with a crime. But the gun owner, 22-year-old Adrian Chavez, was arrested and faces child abuse charges. One would hope so...
Seems like the charge should be child endangerment rather than child abuse but irresponsible none the less.
I agree. I will never understand why adults leave guns where children can get to them (especiallyloaded guns).....sigh
How does a five year old know he is supposed to point a gun at another person? TV. movies..
They call it television!
the gun owner, 22-year-old Adrian Chavez, was arrested and faces child abuse charges.
AS he should be, another question is why didn't the mother know what was going on in her own yard?