13-year-old boy accused in fatal shooting of girl, 12
Source: Associated Press
13-year-old boy accused in fatal shooting of girl, 12
Updated 8:00 pm, Friday, October 9, 2015
JASPER, Mo. (AP) A 13-year-old boy deliberately shot and killed a 12-year-old girl outside a foster home in rural southwest Missouri where they both lived using a gun he had taken from the house, the local sheriff said Friday.
Officers tried to revive the girl, Teresa J. Potts, but she died Thursday evening near the town of Jasper, which is about 130 miles south of Kansas City, Jasper County Sheriff Randee Kaiser said.
Kaiser said the boy ran into the nearby woods after shooting the girl and he was arrested there. He is being held by the Jasper County Juvenile Office, Kaiser said at a news conference in nearby Carthage, adding that the boy is expected to be charged in the shooting soon. The sheriff's comments were reported by The Joplin Globe and Springfield, Mo. TV Station KY3.
"It was not a situation where they were playing. It does not appear to be a situation where it was an accident," Kaiser said.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Boy-13-taken-into-custody-in-death-of-girl-12-6561305.php
valerief
(53,235 posts)As Jeb Bush would say, "Stuff happens."
Chemisse
(30,793 posts)I'm sure her parents would agree.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)to require that foster homes are gun free homes. Period!
stone space
(6,498 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Just horrific.
Yeah, that second amendment sure helps settle arguments between children. Nothing to see here.
#fuckthe2ndAmendment
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)Chemisse
(30,793 posts)There really is no excuse for leaving a loaded gun out and available for children to access.
brer cat
(24,401 posts)Heidi
(58,237 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Nope.
Like slavery, that yoke of oppression on the majority will fall.
trillion
(1,859 posts)WheelWalker
(8,943 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)Everyone needs to keep in mind that every single day of the year at least 30 people are murdered by guns in this country. So this case is just a drop in the bucket. Nothing to see. Nothing out of the ordinary. Why should anyone be worked up? After all, the right to guns always outweighs the right to remain alive. Always.
hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)The other one was an 11 year old boy who shot and killed an 8 year-old girl when she wouldn't let him see her new puppy.
Chemisse
(30,793 posts)Children do not have impulse control. That's why they have parents and other responsible adults in their lives, to oversee their behavior and to keep dangerous weapons out of their hands.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)groundloop
(11,486 posts)I'm becoming more ashamed of our country all the time, why the hell do we keep selling our soul (and the lives of our children) to the gun industry?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)The gun was in an unlocked closet?
And this a home for foster kids? Who often have anger management issues?
ileus
(15,396 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)But we women knew that already.
groundloop
(11,486 posts)however, it takes responsible adult role models to help kids learn how to treat others. That was sadly missing in this case, along with a responsible gun owner who knows enough to prevent children from getting their hands on deadly weapons.
Chemisse
(30,793 posts)Just because a boy shot a girl?