4 Year Old Boy Shoots Babysitter with Shotgun - For Stepping On His Foot
This from the AP wire, January 6, 2009
JACKSON, Ohio - Police say a 4-year-old boy in southern Ohio shot his babysitter because the sitter accidentally stepped on his foot. Police said 18-year-old Nathan Beavers and several other teenagers were babysitting several young children in a mobile home in Jackson on Sunday when the shooting occurred.
Witnesses told police the 4-year-old retrieved the shotgun from a bedroom closet and shot Beavers. Police said the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot.
Beavers was hospitalized with minor pellet wounds to his arm and side.
Police say another teen was also injured with shotgun pellets.
Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen said authorities are investigating the shooting. The child has not been charged.
The little boys name wasn't Charles Whitman Jr? was it. He will need to be watched closely. That's the reason firearms should be locked up when children are present.
Last edited by White Rook; 01-07-2009 at 08:31 AM.
Serious parenting issues when a child, even at the age of 4, feels violence is the correct course of action and violence with a firearm is anywhere close to correct behavior under any circumstances short of self defense.
