Ugh. Unimaginable heartbreak.
Charges? I’d say this guy has already suffering worse than any punishment they could dish out.
A couple of years ago here in VA, a father of 8 (IIRC) was sent to jail because the youngest child was left in the family’s van after they returned home from church. Everyone thought someone else had brought the baby in, but she was, unfortunately, left in the car in the summer head and died.
All around tragedy but as noted elsewhere, what punishment is worse than losing your child because you made a stupid mistake? I’d make a terrible juror in a case like either of these, I just don’t think I could inflict further punishment on the parent or the family.
Try as I might, I just can’t seem to find an excuse or explanation for this.
An inexcusable error, and while I feel terrible about it, it was parental negligence that led to the death of this child.
As someone that served as a police officer (ret.) for over 30 years, I have seen this happen on two occasions. One officer ate his gun and the second officer drank his self to death.
Please all ... just pray for this officer.
This is horrible.
I don’t understand why the officer is being charged. He’s already living through hell.
He’s done the right thing and barring any further information I say accidents are accidents.
If he left it loaded and accessible he is certainly guilty of criminal negligence. However as a juror I’d believe his punishment is greater than any I could mete out.