San Diego Accidental Shooting: 10-Year-Old Boy Killed While Playing With Friend, Loaded Gun

[spookyturtle 9,465]

A 10-year-old boy was killed in San Diego after an accidental shooting Tuesday.

According to police, the child and a 9-year-old girl were handling a loaded gun in the garage of a housing complex when the shooting took place, local news outlets report. Though the boy, identified by ABC 10News as Eric Klyaz, was rushed to a local hospital, he succumbed to his injuries later that day.

As the Associated Press notes, the girl's 14-year-old sibling was babysitting at the time, and no adults were present. After the shot rang out shortly after 4 p.m., adults nearby ran to the garage and discovered Klyaz had been shot in the chest. Police found a 9 mm semi-automatic at the scene.

"I heard a loud pop and said that didn’t sound good,” a neighbor told Fox 5 News San Diego. ”I found a boy curled up in the fetal position with a red dot on his back it looked like a gun shot.”

Klyaz's parents also rushed to the garage, which residents dubbed more of a playhouse for kids in the complex, and discovered he was not breathing. The 10-year-old's father cradled his son while others attempted CPR, U-T San Diego reports.

San Diego Police Department officials have launched an investigation into the accidental shooting, and the 9-year-old girl's parents could face criminal charges, NBC 7 News San Diego reports.

"We’re going to have to investigate where the gun was and whether the child had immediate access to it or if they were digging around in an area where they wouldn’t expect for them to get to,” Lt. Joseph Ramos told the local NBC affiliate.

The 10-year-old's death is one of several accidental shootings in recent months. In May, an 11-year-old Florida boy was fatally shot by his 4-year-old relative on Mother's Day. At the time the older boy was trying to get the loaded gun away from his younger relatives, who were playing with the loaded weapon.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/san-diego-accidental-shooting-boy-killed_n_3391185.html

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Wait, this can't be right. I recall a thread claiming that kids with guns make chit safer. And here we have all these people that died from kids pulling the trigger of a gun? Are you suggesting in any way that Gary is wrong? Blasphemy!

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Wait, this can't be right. I recall a thread claiming that kids with guns make chit safer. And here we have all these people that died from kids pulling the trigger of a gun? Are you suggesting in any way that Gary is wrong? Blasphemy!

Parents fault for failing to teach gun safety while the kids were still in rear facing car seats!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Penguin_ie, on 06 Jun 2013 - 05:59 AM, said:

*** Remember that when you quote a news article in the OP, the title of your thread should be the title of the article ****

[Darnell 8,478]

10 year-olds should never play with friends. They should only play with their parents.

It's much more 'funner' to read, when a parent accidentally shoots their child.

Come on - stop this 'play' nonsense once and for all.

In the end, yup, it's all about the moral decay - only a f*cktard moron would leave a gun where a child could get to it.

[JohnR! 5,495]

A 10-year-old boy was killed in San Diego after an accidental shooting Tuesday.

It always amazes me when I see the misnomer 'accidental shooting'. It is as though a gun had decided to get out of its case, load itself and arbitrarily eject a projectile just for s&g.

In order for a bullet to be shot from a gun, the gun must be loaded - that is a deliberate act. In addition, the shooting requires that the trigger be pulled - which also requires deliberate intervention. I remain skeptical that any shooting be 'accidental'. There are too many precise steps that must be followed in a precise sequence in order to effect a gun to shoot a bullet.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Penguin_ie, on 06 Jun 2013 - 05:59 AM, said:

It is.