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Lint Head

(15,064 posts) Tue Nov 24, 2015, 01:16 PM Nov 2015

Police: Goodlettsville TN Boy Was Fatally Shot By Sibling

Officers were called to the apartments just after 5:30 p.m. and said the young child was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police, Turner was shot by one of his siblings.
It was the state's 20th accidental shooting of a child, and the 8th death, according to the Safe Tennessee Project.

http://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/possible-shooting-under-investigation-in-goodlettsville

Just another day in America.

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Police: Goodlettsville TN Boy Was Fatally Shot By Sibling (Original Post) Lint Head Nov 2015 OP

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I Sure Hope Nobody Is Charged SoCalMusicLover Nov 2015 #2

Historic NY

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1. But we fear ISIS...

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Tue Nov 24, 2015, 02:18 PM

Nov 2015

SoCalMusicLover

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2. I Sure Hope Nobody Is Charged

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Tue Nov 24, 2015, 02:29 PM

Nov 2015

Especially not the father who left the gun nearby for "protection."

Take away his remaining offspring, and put him in jail.

But of course, that won't happen, because he's dealing with a tragic accident, which couldn't have been foreseen, and he's been through enough.

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