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A 3-year-old boy in Greenville, South Carolina was shot in the head and killed on Friday after he started playing with a pink handgun because he thought it was a toy.
Police responding to the shooting at Haywood Plantation Apartments said that Tmorej Smith was found with a gunshot wound to the head, according to The Associated Press.
Investigators determined that Tmorej and his 7-year-old sister had been playing with a pink handgun when the incident occurred.
Deputy Coroner Jeff Fowler ruled the shooting an accidental homicide.
Fowler said that the shooting happened in a bedroom, while the boys grandparents were in the living room. The parents were not at home at the time.
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Leaving guns where children can reach them is a recipe for disaster.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)1,600?
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)I' mean, what child wouldn't think a pink gun was a toy.
But then if a child brought a pink toy gun to school and was suspened for it then certain people would think that was an over reaction.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)This is criminally negligent homicide, at the least.
samsingh
(17,599 posts)people in love with guns will leave them unattended
it's the law of entropy.
what a cute gun...
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)A child that age is not cognitively able to understand the concept of deadly weapons.
musical_soul
(775 posts)I think the kid might have picked it up regardless of its color because kids are fascinated. So sad.