Toddler Shoots Himself With ACSO Deputy's Gun
SLED investigating death.
ANDERSON COUNTY, SC -- A local toddler is dead after he shot himself in the head with a deputy's gun. The Greenville News is reporting an Anderson County deputy who lives in the home had left his gun on a bedroom counter before leaving the home to run errands. Two-year-old Josiah Tate found the gun and was playing with it when it went off, killing him, according to Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown. The State Law Enforcement Division has been called in to investigate. According to Kids Health, young children possess the finger strength needed to pull the trigger on a firearm. Kids Health recommends that guns be kept locked and unloaded, and the ammunition should be stored separately. Hiding a gun is not enough. Guns and ammo both…
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9:20 pm on Thursday, July 5, 2012
Other outlets are reporting the deputy claims the baby also loaded the gun. Yeah...something is fishy about the whole thing. more ›