Monday, September 2, 2013

Pennsylvania 8-Year-old Shot by his Younger Brother - No Adult Arrested Yet


Cumberland County’s district attorney said the shooting of an 8-year-old boy by his younger brother appears to be accidental.

But District Attorney David Freed said state police have executed a search warrant, and are currently investigating a home in the second block of Broad Street in Southampton Township, trying to get some answers as how a young child got his hands on a small-caliber handgun, and shot his brother.

The child was flown to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center where Freed said he was undergoing surgery. Freed was unsure of the boy's exact medical condition, but described it as “very serious.”

Meanwhile, the boy’s younger brother is in the care of the county’s Children and Youth Services.

Police are still trying to piece together how it happened.

“It doesn’t appear to be an intentional act,” Freed said. “We, of course, have to answer questions like ‘how was the gun stored,’ and things of that nature.”

If there are any charges pressed, Freed said it likely would not be for several days.

Police are still gathering evidence, Freed said.

It almost sounds like the article is defensive of the time it's taking for the investigation. Three times they referenced the gathering of evidence and the time it will take.

Is it really so difficult to answer the question of how the gun was stored? It seems pretty obvious to me.

When a kid is hurt with a gun, an adult should be held accountable, and not days later.

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment.

1 comment:

  1. You are incapable of learning. It takes time to do a police investigation correctly. Now stop and frisk, no-knock warrants, racial profiling, and arrests because the cops don't like the cut of someone's jib are easy. But those pesky rights things get in the way.

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