Florida Teen Dies After 8-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots Him in Eye With BB [pellet] Gun: Police

ktla ^ | 02/11/2020

[BenLurkin]

Johnson was riding in the front passenger seat of an adult male friend’s car on February 1 with the driver’s 8-year-old son and 10-year-old stepson riding in the back, police said. The driver got out of the car to use an ATM.

The 8-year-old accidentally discharged a loaded Daisy 800 BB/pellet rifle while attempting to move it and shot Johnson in the left eye, according to the police.

The teen was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died from his injuries on February 4, police said.

[MikelTackNailer]

My neighborhood in suburban Granite City, Illinois had a failed development next to it full of earthen hills, gigantic chunks of concrete and lots of jutting rebar. Of COARSE we had to jump bicycles and play war in it. Lots of casts and bandages from bad landings, many BBs and pellets dug out. The ass-whuppings for such determined stupidity was just the price of the ticket.

And the current generation requires safe spaces and can't figure out what sex they are? I'm glad end times are upon us.

[Redcitizen]

A few bicycle wrecks help kids grow up. Like me. Lol. Get up and ride again.

[ADemocratNoMore]

A few decades ago a youth was shot with a pellet gun as a joke. As I recall he was 40 or 50 feet away. The pellet killed him.

[Paal Gulli]

Don’t childproof your guns, gun-proof your children. All children should be raised with an understanding of the principles of “muzzle discipline.”