Philadelphia Boy, Two, Fatally Shoots 11-Year-Old Sister: Police

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NBC Philadelphia.com: ...Investigators say 11-year-old Jamara Stevens was killed when she and her three siblings, a 14-year-old boy, 7-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy, were playing with a .357 caliber handgun with an 8-inch barrel in their Mantuna home...10 a.m. Saturday.

Tiffany Goldwire and her four children were in her bedroom, when she went to use the...bathroom...(T)he kids located the loaded firearm, which was left on top of the refrigerator by the mother's boyfriend who visited the home earlier that morning, and the eldest child retrieved it, according to reports. While playing with the weapon, the 2-year-old boy pointed the loaded, cocked gun in the direction of his 11-year-old sister and it discharged, striking her in the arm, according to authorities.

Sources tell NBC10 authorities determined the 2-year-old boy pulled the trigger because his arm had traces of gun powder and a burn from the blast.

Police say this is not the first time they have been to the Mantua home and that Goldwire is not cooperating with the investigation. Detectives say they are trying to figure out who owned the handgun, which they found on Goldwire's bed...

Well, when she entered the bathroom, was she aware that the 14-year old had the gun? If they'd never seen it before, I would think that the younger kids would have raised enough of a fuss to attract Goldwire's attention. Or maybe the eldest child bought the gun into the bedroom because Goldwire asked him to.


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