Babysitter Shoots Child During Gun Selfie

[tenderfoot]

ABC News reports:

A 19-year-old was taking a video of herself with a gun when she allegedly shot her 10-year-old nephew by accident, according to Texas authorities. Caitlyn Smith, 19, has been arrested as her nephew recovers, Deputy Thomas Gilliland, spokesman with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, told ABC News on Thursday.

She recorded herself holding the gun, and then went to disengage the magazine from the pistol, Gilliland said. But her finger was allegedly on the trigger, so when she pulled to eject the magazine, the gun fired, striking the 10-year-old in the abdomen, said Gilliland.

Smith was charged Wednesday night with serious bodily injury to a child — a second-degree felony, said Gilliland.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/babysitter-takes-video-gun-accidentally-shoots-10-year/story?id=69228817

[maxsolomon]

1. Idiocracy

Don't give me "she didn't follow standard Gun Safety protocol".

No pistol around children, no wounded children.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[marble falls]

3. That needs to go into the baby book - "Billy's first gunshot wound!"

[exboyfil]

4. I remember when my mom wanted to get those cool pics

of her with her target pistol. My daughter took them. Needless to say I was not pleased. I was adamant about the gun always pointing away from my daughter, but she is an adult so I couldn't prevent her from taking the pics (the things you do for your family).

[Crunchy Frog]

5. Well I'm glad she actually got charged.

I was worried they would just put it down to a "tragic accident" that no one was actually responsible for.

[2naSalit]

6. If it was a white guy...

would have been a different story.