Police: 10-Year-Old Boy Playing With Gun Kills 11-Year-Old

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Police: 10-Year-Old Boy Playing With Gun Kills 11-Year-Old

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROANOKE, Va. — May 26, 2016, 8:53 PM ET

Police say a 10-year-old fatally shot an 11-year-old after the boys found a handgun in a home in Virginia.

Roanoke police said in a statement that the boys were playing with the gun about 12:20 p.m. Thursday when the younger boy shot the older. Police say the 10-year-old called 911.

Police spokesman Scott Leamon tells The Roanoke Times that the 11-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. He says no one else was in the house when the shooting occurred and the boys were related.

The statement says no charges have been filed but detectives are consulting with the Roanoke commonwealth's attorney's office.

The Times reports that under Virginia law, leaving a loaded, unsecured firearm so that it endangers any child younger than 14 is a misdemeanor.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-10-year-boy-playing-gun-kills-11-39415793

[mikeysnot]

1. Que the lunatic fringe

to explain how the guns are for protection and the bullets are there to save their lives.

[gratuitous]

2. "No charges have been filed"

Since the responsible gun owner can only be charged with a misdemeanor, what's the point? Besides, the family has suffered enough, a tragic accident, nothing that could have been done to prevent it, just one of those things, and the 10-year-old gets to live the rest of his life with this murder on his conscience.

Well done, Dad.

[pandr32]

3. Agreed

The child will have this weight on his shoulders his whole life.

[Feeling the Bern]

5. In today's sociopathic, nihilistic world, I don't think the child will think about it too long

But that's just me being EXTREMELY dour and cynical.

[Feeling the Bern]

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