Ohio girl, 16, fatally shot after her father thought she was an intruder, mother says

[RandySF]

A 16-year-old Ohio girl was fatally shot by her father after he thought she was an intruder breaking into their home, according to a 911 call obtained by NBC News.

The girl, Janae Hairston, died Wednesday at a Columbus hospital about an hour after she was shot in the garage of her parents' home on Piper Bend Drive.

In the eight-minute 911 call, Hairston's mother told a dispatcher that her husband accidentally shot their daughter. The hysterical mother begged for an ambulance as a man in the background said repeatedly, "Breathe, baby."

"My husband made a mistake and shot her because he thought she was an intruder," the mother said. "She was in our garage and my husband just didn’t know what was going on. Oh, my God."

The mother said she thinks the teen was shot in the chest. Both of the parents could be heard asking what the girl was doing in the garage.





https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-girl-16-fatally-shot-father-thought-was-intruder-mother-says-rcna10419

[Deuxcents]

1. Good fucking grief.

Guns. Guns. We need more guns to be safe.

[LisaL]

2. I guess checking first before shooting is too much to ask.

Boggles the mind.

[TheBlackAdder]

27. Got tired of waiting for COVID?

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[bucolic_frolic]

3. Every noise triggers paranoia when your only tool is a firearm. /nt

[TheFarseer]

4. Shouldn't you find out who is in the garage

Before you shoot them? What if it’s NOT a serial killer? Even if it was a robber, do you just want to kill someone? I will never understand.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Right, shouldn't you see who you are shooting before you pull the trigger?

[sop]

14. "Hairston's mother told a dispatcher that her husband accidentally shot their daughter."

He didn't "accidentally" shoot his daughter, he fired on purpose without first making sure who his intended target was.

[gratuitous]

43. Or, if there's an intruder in the garage

Why not send your wife to check on the kid (or kids), and make sure ahead of time the intruder isn't one of your children? The more I think about the sequence of events as reported, the more suspicious I am.

[Effete Snob]

5. Both of the parents could be heard asking what the girl was doing in the garage.

How about "what the fuck were you doing with a gun?"

Jesus.

[Irish_Dem]

9. So odd the teen was not supposed to be in the garage.

[Effete Snob]

13. Yep

Your child might be anywhere in the house for any reason or no reason.

So crazy to go shooting at anything that moves, especially if one has children in the house.

[Irish_Dem]

32. If you have family living in the house, they could be anywhere

on the premises or yard. Especially with children and teens.
Story seems off to me.

[Effete Snob]

33. Other reports

In a local news source they mentioned the time was 4:30 AM. Not that it makes a world of difference, but this guy somehow did not think it possible his teenager would be in the garage at that hour.

Unusual maybe, but still most likely that a noise in your house is coming from an occupant thereof.

[Irish_Dem]

34. When my daughter was a teen, she stayed up very late

on the weekends playing video games, watching movies, working on projects at home.

One time she had a sleepover with a friend, had a squabble with the friend and came home in the middle of the night. I didn't assume she was an intruder and shoot her.

I still don't understand why you don't look at the person you are shooting before you pull the trigger. Or why not call the police.

[Effete Snob]

35. Yep

At that age, the sound in the garage would be me sneaking in to see my girlfriend.

[Irish_Dem]

36. Yes, she may have been sneaking in through the garage.

She was not normally there, but tonight was doing some typical teenage stuff...

[madinmaryland]

6. A good guy with a gun until he wasn't. Shaking my head in disgust..

When will this shit end.

[Blue Owl]

7. He'll be hailed as the NRA's "Stand Your Ground" hero of the month

[JanMichael]

8. Bummer dude. nt

[jimfields33]

23. Here's a picture of the poor child you say is a bummer.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDIwAS0v35vcYkE_1ZVlhXdJU-VsjQ81NMzg&usqp=CAU

[JanMichael]

28. I meant the idiot that pulled the trigger.

I have sympathy for the victim.

[USALiberal]

11. Deserves some jail time!! Nt

[gab13by13]

15. I agree

[NewHendoLib]

12. Yup. Gunz. Good grief ..

[gab13by13]

16. I wonder if this happened during the day,

or late at night, the article doesn't say.

I checked, police got the call at 4:30 AM.

[Mr. Ected]

17. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State

If words matter, why did this girl have to die today?

Because dad had the right to own a gun? Because he formed part of a well regulated militia? To provide necessary security of a free State? Seems he was none of the above. He was a paranoid man firing a weapon into the darkness over the perceived threat of an intruder.

If the words of our founders can be bent to allow ordinary citizens to run rampant with firearms, what the fuck good is our constitution anyway.

[Kaleva]

18. I'd wager the man didn't get any training at all

Now his daughter has paid the ultimate price for that.

[maxsolomon]

19. I encourage everyone to google Piper Bend Drive in Columbus

It's an exurban cul-de-sac of modest homes carved out of a cornfield SE of Columbus.

Any thief would be a fool to go so far down a dead-end road to rob some random suburbanite. HE DID NOT NEED A GUN FOR HOME PROTECTION.

[Effete Snob]

22. Ah, THE Piper Bend Drive?

Home of the Piper Bend Cornhusk Doll collection? Rumored to be one of the most extensive collections of rare and exquisite cornhusk dolls of almost unimaginable value?

A gun would be foolish. That house should be ringed with neutron-bomb landmines!

It is a cultural treasure which far exceeds mere human life.

[JI7]

20. Fucking loser

How much of a coward is the guy to shoot at something he doesn't know he is shooting at ?

What if it's an animal or neighbors kid's or abby number of things which are no threat to you.

[NickB79]

21. Don't. Confront. Intruders.

I've got no problem with owning guns for home defense. I have several (which are kept locked up).

BUT......

If you hear something, grab your gun, grab your phone, gather your family, and RETREAT TO A SECURE ROOM. Call 911. Wait. Only shoot if an intruder is trying to get into the room you're holed up in. It's safer for yourself and your family. Stupid Castle Doctrine laws make every idiot think he's Rambo going into battle

[Kaleva]

25. What you describe is the training I got.

The intruder(s) will have to be kicking in our bedroom door, which is reinforced and has a deadbolt, before I'll start shooting. And that's after I've been yelling, warning them that I'm armed and have called 911.

[Effete Snob]

26. I only came over to tuck you in and say goodnight

Jeez. Everything has to be such a big deal.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. I've Read That Exact Advice In The Past

Makes a great deal of sense.

[Ace Rothstein]

38. Crazy that you hear someone in the house and don't check on your kids first.

[NickB79]

39. Right?

My daughter's room is across the hall from the master bedroom. She's the first thing I'd think of to go to check on.

[Hoyt]

24. Typical gun-humper, stupid.

[Dirty Socialist]

30. AIN'T GUNS GRAND!!!!! Eom

[Disaffected]

31. Shoot first, ask questions later.

How many times has this happened now?

[budkin]

37. Always shoot first!

The questions can be asked later... right?

[alphafemale]

40. The reason these people shoot at shadows is

that most gun humpers want to kill somebody.

Bottom line.

Everyone wants to be Kyle or Zimmerman and bask in that glory.

[SYFROYH]

41. Voluntary manslaughter?

[Skittles]

42. ridiculous

he murdered his own daughter