"Police said they are investigating Thomas' death as a homicide - as they do anytime someone dies of anything other than natural causes.
"At this point, it does appear that this is just a tragic accident from this child, and we will look to see if there's any negligence issues there," said Prescott Valley police Sgt. Brandon Bonney. "But, at this point, the information we have is it's just a tragic accident that was unforeseen."
[[”At this point, it does appear that this is just a tragic accident from this child, and we will look to see if there’s any negligence issues there,”]]
The state I live in a child had a friend over, they foudn hteir father’s gun, then managed to find some ammo which was kept in a duifferent location, and the gun went off, the friend was killed- The father is o ntrial for something- can’t remember what now- perhaps ‘improperly securign a gun i nthe house’ or osme such nonsense, and the prosecutors were pushign to trry the underage child for murder and as an adult- the copurts were threatenign to take the child away for ‘child endangerment’
Aopparently accidents are no logner aLLOwed- DESPITE the FACT that acciddnts are extremely rare- and auto accidents have killed FAR FAR more kids than accidental gun shots i nthe home ever have- Adn you watch- pretty soon the states wil lbegin removign children from their families when parents drive htem anywahere under the guise of ‘chuild endangerment’ and if a home has ANY potential hazzard in it, the child will be removed IF an extremely rare accident were to happen and the child were injured accidentally
It is tragic no matter what happened. Whenever my grandchildren, all 5 yrs and under, visit the guns are either in the safe or well out of reach and out of site. The same thing any time someone else’s child is present. I guess some people don’t think these things through. So sad for all involved.