19 month old dead in accidental shooting

[sandnsea]

"..A day prior, Smail took the stand in his own defense and admitted to shooting 19-month-old Korbyn Eva May Williams once in the head with a 9 mm Ruger pistol last year, but maintained that it was an accident.

Smail said he feel asleep while taking care of the toddler in the apartment he kept with her mother Aimee Marie Williams, who was at work at the time. He said he woke up to Korbyn tapping him and realized she had a gun, which the couple kept for protection, after she had crawled to a corner of the bed.

As Smail reached for the gun, he said a light shined into the apartment, momentarily distracting him. “I pulled back on it (the gun),” Smail said. “The gun fired and I looked back over and seen her.”

Smail also denied asking a friend to tell authorities he had witnessed the shooting and back his story that it was an accident, contrary to that person’s earlier testimony. Smaill added that he was surprised the gun was loaded..."

http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/evergreen_man_convicted_of_lesser_charge_in_toddlers_death/8833/

[aikoaiko]

1. I hope the truth comes out in this trial....

..but the truth, at best is a horrible tragedy, and worst, a viscious crime.

[hendo]

2. why on earth did this idiot keep a loaded gun within reach of a 19 month old? NT

[Crunchy Frog]

3. Both parents should get life in prison, whether it was an accident or not.

Giving a toddler access to a gun is no different that premeditated murder IMHO.

[rrneck]

4. Gunvault

[TWiley]

5. I thought guns were supposed to make a family safer?

[MrPerson]

6. I FEEL THAT MY SECUND AMNEDMINT RITES ARE BEAN EVADED.