Father: Bullet pierced wall, killed 6-year-old in another room

[Judi Lynn]

Father: Bullet pierced wall, killed 6-year-old in another room

By ZACK McDONALD | News Herald Writer | Twitter: @pcnhzack
Published: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 11:28 AM.

PANAMA CITY — An investigation into the accidental shooting death of a 6-year-old by her father will be turned over to state prosecutors to determine whether charges should be filed, according to Panama City Police Department officials.

Panama City police, citing public records exemptions, refused to release the names of the victim or her father.

But court documents filed by Cynthia Votta this week and obtained by The News Herald state the victim was her daughter, 6-year-old Izabella Votta, and the shooter was 29-year-old Evan Hernandez of Panama City.

. . .

Hernandez was only confirmed as the shooter through Bay County Court documents. According to court records, Hernandez was in another room of the apartment “practicing form in front of the mirror and the gun … accidentally went off and went through the mirror and the wall and fatally injured the daughter,” his attorney reported.

More:
http://www.newsherald.com/news/crime-public-safety/father-bullet-pierced-wall-killed-6-year-old-in-another-room-1.473981

[upaloopa]

1. Practicing form? With a loaded gun?

I struggled today with the thought that I feel some gun owners are mentally ill and that the illness is the reason they own guns.
Like the need for self esteem or a paranoid outlook on life. I know it is not permitted to say that on this board but society is not well served by not taking about the motives of gun owners.

[DonP]

2. Dupe Post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172166574

Same story, or or has Panama City become the accidental murder capital of the US?

[Electric Monk]

6. Well, the other one does list the victim as being 7 years old, not 6, so there's that... nt

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. Probably a duplicate

Same time of shooting. If not a dupe, a very unusual coincidence.

[NaturalHigh]

3. That's one of the main reasons I keep a shotgun...

for home defense. Buckshot won't penetrate the walls. Also, I'm a lousy shot, but I don't have to do much aiming with a shotgun. A simple point in the right direction will do the trick. Hell, just the sound of racking in a shell will scare off most people.

[Lurks Often]

9. Buckshot WILL penetrate drywall and possibly plaster lathe

and a shotgun pattern will not spread very much at household distances:

http://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-20-buckshot-patterns/

http://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-14-rifles-shotguns-and-walls/

[clffrdjk]

10. I do hope you were joking.

That whole post is just wrong.

[benEzra]

12. 00 buckshot will penetrate more than a 55gr .223 JHP

and shot spread at most inside-the-home distances is only a few inches, so you'll still need to aim. Figure that buckshot will penetrate at least three interior walls, and choose your field of fire with that in mind. #4 buck is probably a better choice for HD than 00, IMO.

[Eleanors38]

4. Respectfully, do not re-post old OPs. Show fellow DUers some respect. nt

[NBachers]

5. Thanks for posting this. I hadn't seen the other story; I wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

I'm not always the First Kid on the Block to see the Big New Story.

[Lurks Often]

7. He should be charged with at least involuntary manslaughter

and a viable case for manslaughter could be made as well.

[Eleanors38]

11. Judy Lynn. You don't say, but how do you feel about the child? Thanks in advance.

[Electric Monk]

13. I think that's a given, that it's a tragic loss, unless someone specifically states otherwise, like

"My right trumps your dead."

[Eleanors38]

14. If it's "a given," then why are pro-2A Democrats called to answer?

[friendly_iconoclast]

15. Some DUers have figured out that they can act like an urbane Pamela Geller...

...if they choose the proper group to demonize. Others act a little more like the role model:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11729858