Texas 4-year-old Shoots 7-month-old Baby

[jwkelly]

Is the 4 year old a future murderer ?  A 7-month-old baby is in hospital after being accidentally shot by a 4-year-old at a house in Temple, Texas.

The condition of the infant is unknown following the shooting at a house in the 300 block of South 25th Street at around 2:31 p.m. local time. KWKT-TV reports that the baby was conscious and breathing when taken to McLane Children's Hospital.


There are conflicting reports about whether the 7-month-old is a boy or a girl. The Temple Police Department are expected to give further information on the incident later today.

Police said they received a 911 call from a woman at the house who is believed to be the mother of one or both of the children. Shawana Neely, a spokeswoman for the Temple Police Department, added the woman was the only adult inside the property at the time.

Further details are still scant at this stage, including what type of weapon was used or how the 4-year-old got hold of it. Police have so far only said the shooting appears to be an accident that took police inside the home.

KWTX-TV reports that there is a sign outside the home in Temple that warns people that there are weapons inside. The sign reads: “The average response time of a 911 call is 23 minutes. The response time of a .357 is 14 hundred feet per second.”

Temple resident Bradley Martin described the scene as the baby was taken away by emergency services. "[The baby] just looked lifeless in his hands,” he said. “There was blood all over [the infant]. They put [the baby] in the back of an ambulance and took off down the road."

Neighbor Adrian Martinez said he does not blame the family for what occurred.

"I'm not there to judge them, but in my family, it happened once with my cousin," Martinez told KXXV. "My cousin killed accidentally my other cousin. It happens. Accidents happen."

"I hope the baby's OK, and I hope the family is going to be alright," fellow local resident Ami Fontenot added. "And, if they're going to have guns, take precautions, obviously."

[jwkelly]

"I'm not there to judge them, but in my family, it happened once with my cousin," Martinez told KXXV. "My cousin killed accidentally my other cousin. It happens. Accidents happen."     Every dummy with a gun is an accident and Judge Roy Bean knew how to deal with them.

[Jayce2013]

NO, the 4 year old is not a future murderer.... and even if the baby would die, does NOT make the 4 year old a murderer.... when you are that young you are not even completely conscious of what you are doing (even IF at 4 you are able to understand what a gun really is... )...

The real question here is: HOW did that child get access to a real gun? And WHY? And who is to blame? Who is the murderer? The father or mother who left a gun accessible to an innocent child.

Texas... and guns... and every other state that allows people to buy guns like you buy candies or pizza....
there's not much to say about that... it is very sad.

[jwkelly]

NO, the 4 year old is not a future murderer.... and even if the baby would die, does NOT make the 4 year old a murderer.... when you are that young you are not even completely conscious of what you are doing (even IF at 4 you are able to understand what a gun really is... )...

The real question here is: HOW did that child get access to a real gun? And WHY? And who is to blame? Who is the murderer? The father or mother who left a gun accessible to an innocent child.

Texas... and guns... and every other state that allows people to buy guns like you buy candies or pizza....
there's not much to say about that... it is very sad.

                                                                                 If you take a gun aim and shoot your baby sibling then that's attempted murder( the intent to get rid of the new favorite)   From The Alamo-this is just shameful.

[sak4kat]

What an awful unfortunate accident.  I'm praying for the baby, sibling and family.  The parents are ultimately the ones responsible.  Therefore it's just one more incident leading to stricter gun control.  When a couple wants to adopt there household is inspected... maybe anyone that wants to own guns will have to have there households inspected regularly too.  It's really crazy that I'm even thinking like this.  I grew up around guns.  I was told not to touch em and the sternness in my elders voice was enough for me to not even consider touching em.

[appy9104]

If the parents were held responsible maybe they would do a better job at locking the guns up and keeping them away from children.  Accidents that are completely preventable are not accidents it is negligence.

[sbenkoski]

The parents are to blame , having a gun of any kind in the house with kids.. the guns need be some place the kids can't get to! End of story    I lived in OK and there was a flea market every week end and you could buy any type of gun you wanted NO questions asked.

AND guns are not the problem as was NOT a pressure cooker in Boston , NOR a bag of fertilizer in OK  City .. its people and the way of the world these days.

[adriarobi]

Is this really real?

How did a four year old get his little hands on a gun?

This world is getting more and more insane.....

 

[MichelleHW101]

Accidents happen yes, but I think parents should be held accountable if they 1. apparently have no idea how to lock up their weapons so the kids get ahold of them 2. are not physically present 24/7 watching their kids so the kids get ahold of the gun without their knowledge and 3. keep a weapon in the house they don't teach their kids not to touch. 

[mrrangerrick]

I hadn't heard about that, but that's terrible for all parties involved. The gun should've been locked up. The 7-year-old will have to live with what they've done. The family of the baby who was lost. RIP little angel.

[stokeman455]

  I saw that story on the world news. Question is? Where in Gods name did the 4yrs. get the weapon?
Guns are legal to carry in Texas w/a permit yes but, did the parents, older brother or sister just leave it laying around?
The parents are sure to be charged with child endangerment, 2nd degree homicide and what ever the
DA can dig up...

[mamatygress]

Murderers do so with intent to kill.  A 4 year old doesn't have the capacity.

[jwkelly]

NO, the 4 year old is not a future murderer.... and even if the baby would die, does NOT make the 4 year old a murderer.... when you are that young you are not even completely conscious of what you are doing (even IF at 4 you are able to understand what a gun really is... )...

The real question here is: HOW did that child get access to a real gun? And WHY? And who is to blame? Who is the murderer? The father or mother who left a gun accessible to an innocent child.

Texas... and guns... and every other state that allows people to buy guns like you buy candies or pizza....
there's not much to say about that... it is very sad.

                                                                             Texas is a powder keg and this lil boy had murder in his mind from jealousy of his lil brother.

[jwkelly]

Is this really real?

How did a four year old get his little hands on a gun?

This world is getting more and more insane.....

 

                                                If it's not a gun it's a kitchen knife. Texans are the same group that have hobbies like killing rattlesnakes for classy decor.

[jwkelly]

I was around my dad's gun collection for 18 years and had access to the key to the gun cabinet yet never went psycho even with bad days and 1000's of shotgun shells,270's,.22 ect. that doesn't even include edged weapons. I could have made the worst mass killers/serial killers look like lil pee ons and racked up kills in the hundreds and 1000's You either have the mentality and will to kill or you don't. That 4 year old has and will have nothing less than a lifetime of problems.