A 4-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself after he found a .25-caliber pistol last week has died, according to the Dorchester County Coroner's Office.
Coroner Chris Nisbet identified the boy as Jeffery Scott of Otranto Road in North Charleston. He died Friday afternoon at Medical University Hospital, where he was being treated following the May 12 incident.
Nisbet has ruled his death an accident.
Summerville Police Capt. Jon Rogers said detectives are still trying to determine who owned the gun. The case remains under investigation, and no criminal charges have been filed, he said.
The boy's 75-year-old grandmother, Margaret G. Wilson, called 911 around 4:40 p.m. on May 12 to report the shooting at 811 W. Richardson Ave.
"I don't know where he got a gun from," Wilson told the 911 dispatcher. "Somebody, please come. Come quick."
By then, the .25-caliber Taurus pistol had been placed on the dining room table, and the boy was lying on the floor.
"Summerville Police Capt. Jon Rogers said detectives are still trying to determine who owned the gun. The case remains under investigation, and no criminal charges have been filed, he said."
ReplyDeleteSo the police arrive, provide aid to the child, and then likely asks the simple question, "who's gun is that". And everyone there say, "not mine". And apparently the "don't snitch" ethos is alive and well there also, even in the face of a child being wounded.
That's a typical gun owner for you. Why didn't the gun owner speak up?
DeleteThis is exactly why we need licensing and registration. It's not about confiscating guns at a future time, it's about identifying the owner of a gun with a few keystrokes. It's about holding people responsible for their actions.
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