Sedro Wooley WA.... BREAKING 4-year-old fatally shoots self, search on for gun's owner

[rsmith6621]

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/4-year-old-shoots-self-with-gun-manhunt-under-way-216350741.html

SEDRO-WOOLEY, Wash. -- A 4-year-old boy has died after shooting himself with a gun, and officers are searching for the gun's owner who ran off with the weapon, Sedro-Woolley police said.

[napoleon_in_rags]

1. There should be a new kind of criminal charge.

Just called "creating a dangerous situation which leads to death". It should have been what they charged Zimmerman with, and it should be what they charge this gun owner with. Basically it apply to anyone who creates a situation which substantially raises the probability of someone dying, and someone dies. That law would get people thinking. Just owning a gun, a car, anything, puts one at risk to commit this crime, so people need to start accepting a level of responsibility for what dangerous things they choose to own, and take the safety precautions to prevent committing this crime.

[kestrel91316]

2. I think that's adequately covered by "criminally negligent homicide".

[napoleon_in_rags]

5. Than why wasn't Zimmerman charged with it?

To me, that was a clear situation. Don't get out of the car. Don't approach the person you called the cops on because he thought he was dangerous, with a gun tucked away.

[kestrel91316]

6. Beats me. Ask the incompetent (or monkeywrenching) prosecutors. They didn't want

the case to succeed.

[PearliePoo2]

3. Update: It is now a homocide.

From KING5 News:

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. -- The shooting death of a 4-year-old boy is a homicide, Sedro-Woolley police said Sunday morning.

The shooting was initially reported to be self-inflicted.

Police are searching for 25-year-old Trevor Braymiller of Sedro Woolley, Sedro-Woolley Police Chief Wood said.

Wood said Braymiller, a convicted felon, is considered to be armed and dangerous. He is on foot.

[AlinPA]

4. Terrible. Another "shit-multiplier" as per MannyGoldstein's OP yesterday.