Police: Boy shoots his wrist with mom's gun as she drives

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 5:21 pm CDT, Tuesday, July 10, 2018

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say a 5-year-old boy shot himself in the wrist with his mother's gun while she was driving him to a doctor's appointment and talking on the phone.

Virginia State Police said in a statement it happened Tuesday morning on Interstate 64 in Hampton.

They said the boy unbuckled his child seat and pulled the gun from his mother's purse. The mother told investigators she was on the phone and unaware of her son's actions.

Police said the 28-year-old woman heard a loud bang and saw her son had shot himself. She drove him to an urgent care center and he was taken to a hospital. He's reported in stable condition

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Police-Boy-shoots-his-wrist-with-mom-s-gun-as-13064295.php

[kacekwl]

1. Shouldn't a five year old child be strapped in a child seat in the

BACK SEAT. Good work Mom. Not to mention talking on cell phone while driving. Not to mention having a gun within your child's reach. Maybe they should take her child away from her.

[Kaleva]

2. VA law states that rear facing baby seats must be in the back seat.

Booster seats can be in the front or back.

Regardless, the mother didn't maintain positive control of her gun and she ought to be prohibited from possessing any in the future as she has proven herself to be a threat to the safety and lives of others.

[Ilsa]

3. Yes, a child should be in the back seat in

a forward-facing child seat. Usually, they are facing backwards the first year. As they get bigger, they graduate from a car seat to a booster seat, but they are not supposed to ride upfront until they are much older. An airbag deploying in the front seat can seriously injure a kid or a 'tween.

The back seat is the safest place for them.

[Bengus81]

6. And LOADED,and no safety on and and.... Hell it's a wonder this kid isn't dead

[iluvtennis]

4. Shaking my damn head (SMDH)

[Nitram]

5. A gun going off in a car would have temporarily deafened everyone in it.

Lucky she didn't swerve and crash.

[Bengus81]

7. Quick lady,blame it on a hispanic or black trying to carjack you!!!

Come on...help the NRA and Trump out a bit eh??