UPDATE: Child shot in head watching fireworks has died

[underpants]

Source: WTVR 6 - Richmond VA T.V. station

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (WTVR) – The seven-year-old boy shot in head by a stray bullet Thursday night has died, Chesterfield Police said. Police said Brendon Mackey, 7, was walking with his father in the parking lot of the Boathouse Restaurant in Midlothian about 9 p.m. Thursday when he was shot. The father and son were there to watch some nearby fireworks.

“A large crowd had been gathering over by the reservoir to watch fireworks and a young boy, seven years old, was walking through the parking lot with his dad. He was a few step behind his dad and he [the boy] fell to the ground,” Chesterfield Police Capt. Brad Badgerow said. “Initially they thought he was just passed out. They saw some blood. They thought he may have hit his head.”

Police said it is unlikely that the shot was intentionally fired at the boy, and that the bullet likely came from a gun fired off the premises.

Police asked anyone who was firing a gun or knew of someone firing a gun within five miles of Swift Creek Reservoir to call Chesterfield County Police Department





Read more: http://wtvr.com/2013/07/05/child-shot-midlothian-fireworks/

[L0oniX]

1. Every year morans shoot into the sky and this shit happens.

Why do they shoot up and not down into the ground? Stupid assholes!

[Auntie Bush]

12. Yeah! Where do the stupids think those bullets are going...up in smoke

[npk]

17. Baby Jesus catches the bullets in his special net

Dontcha know.

[Cal33]

38. Shooting down into the ground could still cause the bullet to ricochet and hit somebody.

[SummerSnow]

2. sad..very sad

damn guns

[underpants]

4. Literally out of the blue sky

so so sad.

[Gregorian]

3. Absolutely heart breaking.

[SMC22307]

5. That poor child.

Rest in peace, sweet Brendon.

"Unfortunately we think they were shooting a gun in a reckless manner and this young boy is a victim," Badgerow said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57592473-504083/brendon-mackey-va-boy-7-dies-after-being-hit-by-stray-bullet-while-watching-fourth-of-july-fireworks-police-say/

Another "responsible" gun owner strikes again.

[DainBramaged]

6. I wonder what right the douchebag who killed the kid was exercising?

Any one from the gungeon want to answer?

[Enrique]

21. whoever it was

i'm sure their militia was not very well regulated.

[ManiacJoe]

7. This is why celebratory gunfire is illegal in most places.

[virgogal]

8. God almighty----poor little guy.

[mahina]

9. Heartbreaking.

Aloha 'oe, little guy. So sorry.

[kestrel91316]

10. We need MOAR GUNZ!!!! If the kid had been armed, this never would have happened.

But he should have been paying more attention in Gun Safety for Tots.

[Iliyah]

11. RIP and prayers to the family and friends

[Stuart G]

18. very very sad...nt

[skeewee08]

13. What a cute little boy

May you RIP

[BlueJazz]

14. Aw Geez...

[JDPriestly]

15. Makes me feel sick.

Condolences to his grieving parents. This is just terrible.

[Hoyt]

16. Too bad sophisticated ballistics identification is opposed by gun lovers - because they don't want

to face responsibility in these cases.

I know gunners, it doesn't work in all cases. But it might help authorities catch whoever killed this innocent kid.

[MH1]

20. ^^^ This.

Lots of good gun safety ideas are opposed by gun humpers because "it won't work" when in fact it would work in enough cases to save some lives, even if not in every case.

F*ckers.

[TheMadMonk]

23. Unlikely to save many lives. But would identify a good proportion of offenders.

And THAT my friend, is what truly scares the shit out of the nuts.
• They KNOW too many "legitimate" gun owners are less than responsible with their weapons;
• They KNOW too many "legitimate" gun owners use their guns illegally;
• They KNOW too many "legitimate" gun owners use their guns for the specific purpose of law breaking; and
• They know, that if the true figures on how much gun crime is NOT committed by those recognised as criminal, but by supposed law abiding citizens, the outcry might rise to a level sufficient to support a repeal or significant modification to the second amendment.

[Hoyt]

34. Exactly.

[silvershadow]

26. Yep. nt

[truth2power]

19. I'll probably get flamed for this, but..

There needs to be more publicity and education around what happens when you shoot a bullet into the air.

I know, I know.....but some people don't think it through. What does it hurt to remind them?

[JI7]

32. or they shouldn't have a gun in the first place

[SleeplessinSoCal]

22. I sense madness. Between cheering for Snowden and children being gunned down accidentally

there is a complete lack of regard for common sense and national security. I fear Dick Cheney and Dickish Limbaugh have won the day. Their long range plan to turn us into a nation of angry victims under the thumb of the wealthy is under way and irreversible.

I hate Snowden. I hate guns. And I hate what both have done to the slim chance we had to hold back the power block from monopolizing the American Dream. And I've got to live the American Nightmare because I remember what we once were and can't understand how this happened.

Tear me apart. I don't care. Put me out of my misery.

[Brigid]

24. I am right there with you, brother (or sister).

[SleeplessinSoCal]

25. sister

[SunSeeker]

29. You've got lots of company.

[spiderpig]

35. You stated it better than I ever could, SoCal

I can only shake my head and be glad I'm old. I don't know where this planet is heading.

[Blue Owl]

27. Welcome to Wayne LaPierre's Fuckbag of Freedom

n/t

[SunSeeker]

28. I had a bullet land on the roof of my car one New Year's Eve.

It must have come from quite a distance since it did not go through the roof, but it did leave a small dent. It could have just as easily hit my head, since I was standing next to my car...

[colorado_ufo]

30. Rest in peace, dear child, and peace to your family, as well.

I am so, so sorry that you have suffered so.

[JI7]

31. i think whoever did this should get life in prison

i don't care if they didn't intend to kill anyone.

[raccoon]

33. I agree that penalties should be more severe for all these "accidental" shootings.

There are too many dipsticks out there playing around with guns while they're drinking,or
just being irresponsible with a LETHAL WEAPON.


Maybe you can't fix stupidity, but stupidity could go to jail for a long time.

[Duckwraps]

37. Yep!!!!

[Duckwraps]

36. Insanly tragic from any viewpoint.