Wed May 15, 2019, 11:24 AM

8-year-old boy accidentally shoots mother at baseball game, gun owner charged

Source: NBC News

A Tennessee mother was hospitalized in critical condition after her 8-year-old son accidentally shot her at a college baseball game, police said.

The gun's owner, Charles McFarland Jr., was arrested and faces charges of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.

The mother and son were at the annual Babe Howard Classic game Tuesday night at the U.S.A Baseball Stadium in Millington, about 30 minutes north of Memphis, when the boy found a loaded gun while playing inside an antique World War II jeep belonging to McFarland, authorities said.

The jeep had been on display as part of a celebration the stadium holds for veterans, the Millington Police Department said in a press release.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-year-old-boy-accidentally-shoots-mother-baseball-game-gun-n1005876

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8-year-old boy accidentally shoots mother at baseball game, gun owner charged (Original post)	Calista241	May 2019	OP
And there's no need to regulate gun owners in any manner... they're all very responsible	groundloop	May 2019	#1
If only the Mom had a gun too!	Maine-i-acs	May 2019	#2
hahaha	JohnnyRingo	May 2019	#3
That's nutso negligent. Wow. Not locked in a glove compartment, and loaded?	Honeycombe8	May 2019	#4
The WW2 jeep will not have a lock on the glove compartment.	ManiacJoe	May 2019	#7
Then he should have added a lock.	Honeycombe8	May 2019	#8
Most likely as to what actually happened	ManiacJoe	May 2019	#9
Ammosexuality is rampant in the US, especially "down there". nt	Progressive Jones	May 2019	#14
You never know when you might have to fire....	RhodeIslandOne	May 2019	#15
Better yet....	paleotn	May 2019	#13
More likely there was no glove box	Grins	May 2019	#12
Reminds me of the kid killed at a Naval Air Base, randomly typed in the activate code and ejected.	TheBlackAdder	May 2019	#5
OMG. I hope the mom pulls through. So tragic. Fkn gun nuts drinking a gun to a game. nt	iluvtennis	May 2019	#6
A guy from our church went to Houston, staying at a motel off I-10 heard someone smash ...	marble falls	May 2019	#10
The only way to stop a bad kid with a gun is a ...	FakeNoose	May 2019	#11
That poor kid will spend the rest of his life wishing that gun just hadn't been there.	FreepFryer	May 2019	#16
Please please PLEASE let her recover fully. Oh god. Nt	lostnfound	May 2019	#17
Message auto-removed	Name removed	May 2019	#18

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Wed May 15, 2019, 12:21 PM

groundloop (9,715 posts)

8-year-old boy accidentally shoots mother at baseball game, gun owner charged

1. And there's no need to regulate gun owners in any manner... they're all very responsible

2. If only the Mom had a gun too!

3. hahaha

4. That's nutso negligent. Wow. Not locked in a glove compartment, and loaded?

7. The WW2 jeep will not have a lock on the glove compartment.

8. Then he should have added a lock.

9. Most likely as to what actually happened

14. Ammosexuality is rampant in the US, especially "down there". nt

15. You never know when you might have to fire....

13. Better yet....

12. More likely there was no glove box

5. Reminds me of the kid killed at a Naval Air Base, randomly typed in the activate code and ejected.

6. OMG. I hope the mom pulls through. So tragic. Fkn gun nuts drinking a gun to a game. nt

10. A guy from our church went to Houston, staying at a motel off I-10 heard someone smash ...

11. The only way to stop a bad kid with a gun is a ...

16. That poor kid will spend the rest of his life wishing that gun just hadn't been there.

17. Please please PLEASE let her recover fully. Oh god. Nt