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Boy, 4, shoots babysitter
Sitter hospitalized with shotgun pellet wounds to his arm and side
The Associated Press
updated 6:32 p.m. MT, Mon., Jan. 5, 2009
JACKSON, Ohio - Police say a 4-year-old boy in southern Ohio shot his babysitter because the sitter accidentally stepped on his foot. Police said 18-year-old Nathan Beavers and several other teenagers were babysitting several young children in a mobile home in Jackson on Sunday when the shooting occurred.
Witnesses told police the 4-year-old retrieved the shotgun from a bedroom closet and shot Beavers. Police said the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot.
Beavers was hospitalized with minor pellet wounds to his arm and side.
Police say another teen was also injured with shotgun pellets.
Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen said authorities are investigating the shooting. The child has not been charged.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28512318/?GT1=43001
Who should be tried for this is there are charges? In my opinion how could the child? Wouldn't it more lay on the shoulders of the unresponsible gun owners?
Sitter hospitalized with shotgun pellet wounds to his arm and side
The Associated Press
updated 6:32 p.m. MT, Mon., Jan. 5, 2009
JACKSON, Ohio - Police say a 4-year-old boy in southern Ohio shot his babysitter because the sitter accidentally stepped on his foot. Police said 18-year-old Nathan Beavers and several other teenagers were babysitting several young children in a mobile home in Jackson on Sunday when the shooting occurred.
Witnesses told police the 4-year-old retrieved the shotgun from a bedroom closet and shot Beavers. Police said the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot.
Beavers was hospitalized with minor pellet wounds to his arm and side.
Police say another teen was also injured with shotgun pellets.
Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen said authorities are investigating the shooting. The child has not been charged.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28512318/?GT1=43001
Who should be tried for this is there are charges? In my opinion how could the child? Wouldn't it more lay on the shoulders of the unresponsible gun owners?