Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot

[Ugfugly]

I know of personal accounts that put kids using guns. If the kid had been told how to use it and it was already loaded I wouldn't put it past him.

Also:

That indicates to ME that there were other people that saw the event.

There's a more in-depth article here

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/01/05/shoot.html?sid=101

The boy, apparently angered that Beavers stepped on his foot, retrieved a shell from a drawer in a back bedroom, grabbed a 20-gauge single-shot shotgun from a closet and loaded the weapon, Ephlin said.

I mean really? The 4 year old knew how to do that? If so then those are some pretty messed up parents but I'm rather suspicious

 

[Hooded Justice]

What are they going to do to a four year old?

I think they should probably charge the parents with neglect and... manslaughter by proxy?

The guy wasn't killed.

More importantly, who hires a male babysitter?

Strangely enough, I thought the exact same thing when I was finished reading the article... not "how did the kid know how to use the gun?" or "who leaves a loaded rifle lying around?", but "male babysitter?"

What is wrong with the concept of a male babysitter?

 

[Anubis]

Wow, that kids awesome.

 

[Majic Walrus]

The guy wasn't killed.

my bad.

There's a more in-depth article here

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/01/05/shoot.html?sid=101



I mean really? The 4 year old knew how to do that? If so then those are some pretty messed up parents but I'm rather suspicious

Reading that article I definitely think that there is more to the story. Especially considering the father had never taught his kid how to use a gun.

 

[Immortalfire]

Ohio? It reads like it's something that occurred in Tennessee.

 

[Alex The Great]

Ghostrider87's son does his dad proud

 

[Silk Spectre]

Is his name Damien?

 

[04nbod]

 

[The Apocalypse]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_young_shooter;_ylt=AvG7iVMV6XT0BDw7KQCAD__tiBIF



Who leaves their gun lying in a closet?

This happens many times a day in some parts of New York and California. t: