Pinellas toddler finds his father's gun, kills himself

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

No wrongdoing? A two year old can access a firearm and kill himself and there was no wrongdoing? Should the firearm not be secured so that the toddler can not get to it and shoot it? All I can say is that these "law abiding gun owners" are some special bunch.

Pinellas toddler finds his father's gun, kills himself

EAST LAKE — A toddler died Wednesday afternoon after he found his father's gun in the family car and shot himself, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.

Kevin Ahles had left his 2-year-old son, Kaleb, in the front seat of the car and returned to carrying boxes in preparation for a family move to Hernando County. Kaleb somehow crawled across the seat and opened the glove compartment, where his father kept a .380-caliber handgun, deputies said.

Kaleb then lifted the gun, turned it so that it faced his chest and squeezed the trigger.

Ahles, 23, heard a loud pop and sprinted back to the dark-colored Nissan. Kaleb's mother, Christina Nigro, 23, performed CPR. Deputies responded to the home at 1094 Misty Hollow Lane at 4:47 p.m. and an ambulance took Kaleb to Medical Center of Trinity, where he was pronounced dead.

At a news conference in Misty Woods, the family's neighborhood, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said detectives were able to confirm that Kaleb fired the gun and that he was not shot by someone else.

"He probably barely got the trigger pulled," Gualtieri said, adding that it was a lightweight weapon usually carried in a pocket or on a hip.

There was no wrongdoing, Gualtieri said, and the parents are not facing criminal charges. Nobody could punish the parents more than they'll punish themselves, he said.

"It appears to be another tragic situation," Gualtieri said. "It's just one of those things that happens where everything happens the wrong way."

The toddler's grandfather, a retired Tampa police detective also named Kevin Ahles, said he received a call about what happened to Kaleb and immediately drove to East Lake. Standing outside the police tape, he summed up the tragedy.

"A great little kid was killed today," he said. "That's all there is to say."

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Totally unnecessary.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Thinning out the herd.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Dude, it's a two year old. What's wrong with you?

[luckytxn 2,264]

I think a bunch of calves is still called a herd. Could be wrong and if so I apologize.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Thinning out the herd.

Self-inflicted late term abortion.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Is this what you right wingers have to resort to these days order to elicit a reaction?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Is this what you right wingers have to resort to these days order to elicit a reaction?

Hmm...you seem to be taking this personal. Was that your gun?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Children are trained to use guns straight out of the womb.

[luckytxn 2,264]

That's the spirit.

Children are trained to use guns straight out of the womb.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Hmm...you seem to be taking this personal. Was that your gun?

Was it your child? If it were I somehow doubt you'd be making such crass comments about it.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Of course there is no wrongdoing. The nutjobs only consider life sacred while it's inside the womb. Once the baby is born, it's on its own.

No wrongdoing? A two year old can access a firearm and kill himself and there was no wrongdoing? Should the firearm not be secured so that the toddler can not get to it and shoot it? All I can say is that these "law abiding gun owners" are some special bunch.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Was it your child? If it were I somehow doubt you'd be making such crass comments about it.

A relative perhaps? My sympathies.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Sympathy and Empathy are different things. Unfortunately if you don't have the latter, the former is meaningless

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Sympathy and Empathy are different things. Unfortunately if you don't have the latter, the former is meaningless

Empathy is for the living, not the dead. The dead don't care. What is your personal stake in this tragedy?