5-year-old fatally shot as teens made social media video

[iemanja]

A five-year-old boy is dead and a teen in custody after what police are calling an accidental shooting in Brooklyn Park [Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis].

Deputy Chief Mark Bruley said in a news release that it happened inside a home on the 8000 block of Florida Ave. shortly after 10:15 p.m. Thursday. Officers were called to the home and found the child had been shot in the head. Despite lifesaving measures the boy did not survive.

Preliminary investigation indicates a 13-year-old was handling a gun while he and some other juveniles were trying to make a social media video when he somehow pulled the trigger, striking the young victim. It appears at this point that the fatal shooting was accidental.

Investigators recovered a weapon at the scene. The 13-year-old was taken into custody and is being held at the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center while the investigation into what happened continues.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/police-5-year-old-fatally-shot-as-teens-made-social-media-video/ar-AARaj56?ocid=msedgntp

Moar guns, more death.

[LonePirate]

1. It seems like the adult owner of the gun should be arrested as an accessory at a minimum.

[iemanja]

4. Yes, though the news story

has no info on that.

[Mr.Bill]

6. Some states have that law.

They would be guilty of a crime in my state, California.

[cbabe]

2. 'somehow pulled the trigger'. More magical realism in the Midwest.

[Crunchy Frog]

3. A negligent discharge by whichever adult owned the gun.

Arrest and prosecute that adult.

[Mr.Bill]

5. "Somehow pulled the trigger"

That's a new one.

[iemanja]

7. I think the implication is

The kids were screwing around and the shooter didn't know what he was doing.

[TigressDem]

8. Responsible gun owners keep their guns locked up to prevent this kind of thing happening. nt

[Jim__]

9. A 13 year old playing with a gun. Who could have imagined that leading to tragedy?

[Bayard]

11. After 10:00 pm

Why aren't these kids in bed, and where the hell is the parent???

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Charge the adult who didn't lockup the gun with manslaughter. . . . nt

[marie999]

12. When reading these stories, I would like to know what kind of weapon it was.

I can't accidentally pull the trigger on my S&W .40 cal. pistol. It takes 9 pounds of pressure.