[NJ_gent]

"Same here. Of course, he could just be a terrible shot."

Funny how everyone here is a perfect 3am marksman. If I had to guess (and give him the benefit of the doubt for the time being), I'd say he woke up to a jiggling doorknob, fired at the doorknob (at least you know you'll likely hit some part of your intruder), and hit a bit low. I'd like to think I'd be in a good state of mind for a reasonable target aquisition and a decent aim, but if I'm coming up out of a sound sleep, you can bet I'm not going to be on my best. Then again, I don't have kids. If I did, I should hope that I wouldn't go firing blindly around my house. I certainly hope this is all a terrible mistake. I always hate hearing about parents intentionally killing their young.

[RobRoy]

This is not a marksman issue. It is a shooting through the door issue. Something is up here, and it has nothing to do with his aim.

[Ajnin]

Funny how everyone here is a perfect 3am marksman

I think the situation called for more common sense than marksmanship. If there are kids in the house I would think that It would be reasonable to assume that it was more likely a child rather than a burglar was coming through the door.

[cinFLA]

Funny how everyone here is a perfect 3am marksman.

No. It is not funny how the guy was a perfect 3am marksman killing the girl with a perfect chest shot by shooting through a close door when it is known that other family memebers/friends were in the house on the other side of the door.

[annyokie]

I have small kids and lots of dogs and don't sleep with the door to my bedroom closed.

Firing blindly at a rattling doorknob is just stupid. There is not enough information to this story. Anyone with small children knows that they often come to your room when they awake in the middle of the night.

How big was this house/apartment? He didn't hear a sound before he gunned down the child? Plus "He feels bad" about killing a child? He's not destroyed? Sheesh!

I think this guy was drunk and doesn't know much about guns.

It's tragic all the way around.

[Melas]

Then again, I don't have kids.

That's another thing. I do have kids, and any parent would think that it was the child at the door and not an intruder. Something is wrong here.