The 7-year-old daughter of a Marysville police officer has died after being shot by a younger sibling.
The girl died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle early Sunday.
The shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the officer's parked van in Stanwood. The sibling, whose age and gender have not been released, found a loaded handgun in the vehicle and fired it, striking the girl, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating.
The vehicle was parked across the street from Stanwood's City Hall near the intersection of Highway 532 and 102nd Avenue NE. The children's parents were standing by the van when the shooting happened, talking with their friend, local artist Jack Gunter.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Officer's Daughter, 7, Dies after Being Shot by Younger Sibling
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Mikeb302000:
ReplyDeleteJust thought I'd better pop in before the gunzloonz get here and start on their, "So, you think it's okay that COPS do stoopit shit wit teh gunz, but you wanna go all jedge'n'jury on us LAGO's".
The cop is an idiot. He should not be working in law enforcement and should be charged with reckless endangerment of a minor child.
No, Democommie, we don't think that it's acceptable for cops to do stupid things with guns. Our point is that cops are supposed to be the kind of people who are allowed to have guns, according to the Brady Bunch. It's an example of more magical thinking on your side.
Delete"No, Democommie, we don't think that it's acceptable for cops to do stupid things with guns. Our point is that cops are supposed to be the kind of people who are allowed to have guns, according to the Brady Bunch. It's an example of more magical thinking on your side."
ReplyDeleteCan you even read for comprehension, you fucking moron?
Can you? And can you make a comment without using foul language?
DeleteYet another sad example of why kids and guns don't mix, why proper storage of guns is a necessity, and why even well-trained gun families still experience tragedy as a result. Posting at Kid Shootings blog on this story: http://kidshootings.blogspot.com/2012/03/7-year-old-shot-police-officers.html
ReplyDeleteOut of curiosity, Odious Bubbleson, why do you comment on other blogs when you don't allow comments on your own?
DeleteHey Mr Mike! I thought you'd want to see the Christian Science Monitor's comprehensive report "Gun nation: Inside America's gun-carry culture":
ReplyDeletehttp://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/0311/Gun-nation-Inside-America-s-gun-carry-culture
If you like it, a link to me is a lovely way to show your appreciation! (hint hint) This has been twittered all day so you may have seen it, but the "pop fact" from the report that is getting widely reported/repeated--
US Concealed-weapon license holders: a few hundred thousand 10 years ago to more than 6 million today.
Thanks DD
DeleteThank God more people are deciding they want to put their protection in their own hands DaisyDeadhead.
ReplyDeleteAnd while we can't be sure I'd reckon that gun education could have prevented this tragedy. Instead of seeing daddy's magical thing that gets the badguys, the sibling might have seen a tool with incredible power that must be treated with incredible respect. That is why whatever your views Mike I am glad you are taking your kids shooting.