Father tries to cut BB pellet out of son's skull after mishap

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208. More recent reports say the father went to work on Thursday after he learned of the injury,

intending to take the boy to the doctor on Saturday. (So, in his judgement, it would be okay to wait till Saturday before getting medical attention for an injury that took place on Wednesday.)

But Thursday night the dopey family friend who'd been with the boy when he got shot decided to dig the pellet out himself, after the nurses aid next door refused to touch it. But it didn't just "pop out" like he hoped -- so his girlfriend took the boy to the hospital.

So some joker, not the Dad, operates on a kid's head, and the guy's girlfriend brings him to the hospital. On top of everything else, the discharge of BB guns is illegal in the city. No wonder CPS got involved.

(Oh yeah -- almost forgot -- there are conflicting stories about who actually shot the gun. Zeke, the family friend, says it was 12 year old Brayden who did it. But the nurse next door said it was Zeke. The reporter in the second article leaves the false impression that the 12 year old is named Zeke.)

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Question for people who know about BB guns: Don't they make noise? Does it make sense that the father wouldn't hear it go off? Or Zeke, who says he was in another room when the boy walked in and said he shot himself in the head?

What Zeke, the family friend, has to say:

http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story/Authorities-take-boy-from-father-after-BB-gun/LlYjpkxoWkKsfwf4uhRk9Q.cspx

"I feel bad because he is not my son, I shouldn't have made a decision like that," said Zeke.

Zeke, who asked us to keep his identity concealed, is trying to set the story straight after an attempt to help his roommate's kid turned into a nightmare.

"Brayden came into the room and told me he had a BB in his head," said Zeke.

He says Wednesday night, while the boy's dad was asleep, the kid aimed a BB gun at a Buddha statue inside the family's home, and a BB ricocheted back at his head.

What Tiane, the nurse's aid next door has to say:

http://articles.kwch.com/2012-12-01/bb-gun_35518090

"I guess they were playing around, they were hiding in the closet and Zeke, that's the dude that had the BB gun and he shot it, trying to shoot at the wall," says Tiane Hoy, a neighbor.

The 12-year-old boy accidently shot himself in the head with the BB gun after it ricocheted off the wall.

Police say the boy's father tried to take the BB out with a utility knife but he couldn't get to it.

Family members turned to Hoy, who is a Certified Nurse's Assistant.

"They knocked on my door and asked me to help but I wasn't about to put a slit in his head to get it out," says Hoy