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Toddler killed after gun falls and discharges
Monday, January 6, 2003 Posted: 6:06 AM EST (1106 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/01/06/toddler.killed.ap/index.html
DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- A 21-month-old boy was fatally shot when he tipped over a laundry hamper containing a handgun that discharged, police said.
Yolanda Hode, 23, told police a .32-caliber pistol was in a clothes basket her son, Damon Quarker, was playing with Saturday night. She said the gun went off when Damon pulled the basket down off of a plastic container.
The boy was struck on the left side of the chest, Officer Thaxon Hill said. He was taken to St. John's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Damon and his mother lived with her parents, who were watching television in the living room at the time.
The gun belonged to a family member, homicide inspector Craig Schwartz told the Detroit Free Press for a story in Monday's editions.
Police will report to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, which will decide whether to file charges.
In 2002, 26 children 16 and younger were killed in the city; 17 died of gunshots, Wayne County medical examiner records show.
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Does this sound like pure, unadulterated BS to anyone else? My gut reaction is that someone negligently shot the kid, then made up the story.* Or are those "cheap pot-metal Saturday Night Special" .32s prone to drop-discharges?
*I was in the ER one night when a guy came in with a bullethole in his hand. He told a deputy that some guys pulled up and shot at him. My first thought was, "He shot himself." Which, as it turns out, was exactly what happened. Occam's Razor, anyone?
Monday, January 6, 2003 Posted: 6:06 AM EST (1106 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/01/06/toddler.killed.ap/index.html
DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- A 21-month-old boy was fatally shot when he tipped over a laundry hamper containing a handgun that discharged, police said.
Yolanda Hode, 23, told police a .32-caliber pistol was in a clothes basket her son, Damon Quarker, was playing with Saturday night. She said the gun went off when Damon pulled the basket down off of a plastic container.
The boy was struck on the left side of the chest, Officer Thaxon Hill said. He was taken to St. John's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Damon and his mother lived with her parents, who were watching television in the living room at the time.
The gun belonged to a family member, homicide inspector Craig Schwartz told the Detroit Free Press for a story in Monday's editions.
Police will report to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, which will decide whether to file charges.
In 2002, 26 children 16 and younger were killed in the city; 17 died of gunshots, Wayne County medical examiner records show.
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Does this sound like pure, unadulterated BS to anyone else? My gut reaction is that someone negligently shot the kid, then made up the story.* Or are those "cheap pot-metal Saturday Night Special" .32s prone to drop-discharges?
*I was in the ER one night when a guy came in with a bullethole in his hand. He told a deputy that some guys pulled up and shot at him. My first thought was, "He shot himself." Which, as it turns out, was exactly what happened. Occam's Razor, anyone?
