Police Say 2-Year-Old Shoots, Kills Man

[ohiosmith]

Police Say Gun Was On Table

POSTED: 8:04 am PST December 6, 2007

BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- A 22-year-old man died after he was shot in the head by a 2-year-old who picked up a gun from a table.

According to the Brunswick Police Department, Curtis Gabriel Collins was shot about 8:30 p.m. in a Brunswick recording studio Tuesday night.

He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors said he could not be revived, WJXT-TV in Jacksonville reported.

Investigators said Collins was shot when a child grabbed a loaded gun on a table. The gun went off, hitting Collins as he sat on a nearby sofa.

Authorities have called the shooting accidental.

more: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/14789853/detail.html

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

1. NTSA

[matcom]

2. GUNS don't kill people!

poopy DIAPERS kill people!

[Zuiderelle]

3. My god. What an idiot to leave a loaded gun in reach of a child.

Jesus. That poor kid.

[grace0418]

4. "Authorities have called the shooting accidental." Wow, how'd they crack that case so quick?

Really? Ya think?

[matcom]

5. i think it was premeditated

men don't have boobs. baby want boob NOW!

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Kills MAN??

Huh. He musta missed. :shrug:

[rug]

7. Police sketch.

[Turbineguy]

8. If my Grandson

shot me, I wouldn't hold it against him. He's not in my Will anyway.

[skygazer]

9. What was that kid doing up at 8:30pm?

It's lax parenting that's at fault here. They probably let him breastfeed at Olive Garden, too. :grr:

[cutlassmama]

10. Darwin Award for man who left loaded gun on table eom