"Ronald Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
This four year old did not kill the six year old! This comes as close to a
good example that guns kill! Ron
GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 26, 1998 00:49 a.m. EDT http://www.nando.net) --
A North Carolina boy was fatally shot Saturday on his sixth birthday by
a 4-year-old who fired a handgun the boys found in a purse, police said.
Police and rescue personnel discovered the body of Carlos Gilmer in his
house around 10 a.m. Witnesses said the 4-year-old was playing outside
shortly after the shooting.
Neighbors said it appeared the children had been playing their usual
game of pretend gunplay when it took a deadly turn.
"They always used to come up to me going, 'Pow! Pow!' He probably went
up to Carlos and did the same thing," said 12-year-old neighbor Tabatha
White. "A fake gun looks just like a real gun. "
Police say the 4-year-old playmate shot Carlos in the neck. The victim's
godmother, Beulah Lindsay, who neighbors said was his main caretaker,
was upstairs at the time preparing for Carlos' party. Neighbors said she
had hung a "Happy Birthday" banner on the wall.
Police would not say who owned the gun but are considering charging its
owner under a state law that prohibits leaving guns accessible to
minors.
99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
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