nwilliams
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Sad just plain sad:banghead:
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/News/Cordova-man-arrested-in-child-s-shooting-death
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/News/Cordova-man-arrested-in-child-s-shooting-death
Father's stray bullet kills toddler son
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Police say Cordova man admitted to the accident that left his 17-month-old dead
A Cordova man has told authorities he accidentally killed his 17-month-old son when he pulled the trigger on a military-style assault rifle inside a home on Thursday evening.
A state police spokesman said Joel Montalvo, 26, admitted shooting the child. He was released on $20,000 bond after being arraigned in Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court in Tierra Amarilla on charges of first-degree child abuse resulting in death.
Authorities said four other children, all under the age of 8, also were present in the home in Cordova, a community 14 miles east of Española.
Montalvo told investigators at different times that he chambered a round in the rifle while preparing to go hunting or for target practice, Chief Deputy District Attorney A.J. Salazar said.
“The information we have thus far is that (Montalvo) essentially loaded the weapon, charged the weapon and proceeded to discharge the weapon,” Salazar said.
The father might have twice tried to fire the .223-caliber assault rifle after loading a round, first resulting in a misfire and the second the shot that killed his son, Salazar said, citing early reports from investigators at the scene of the shooting.
Aiden Montalvo was declared dead at 10:49 p.m. Thursday, after state police agents working in the area responded to a 911 call, Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson said.
At the home, they found the toddler had been shot in the chest. Emergency workers were called around 7 p.m., Salazar said. The child's mother arrived home from a school meeting within a few moments of the shooting and was not charged in connection with the death, Olson said.
The 911 call and statements of emergency workers indicated the parents tried to save the infant's life after the shooting, Salazar said.
Salazar said investigators beleive Montalvo is employeed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.