I couldn’t believe what I was reading. The headline read “Boy, 4 years old, shoots babysitter for stepping on foot.” I thought he might have shot him with a BB gun or something like that but no, not this little fella. He has one more bad temper apparently. Read this:
Police say a 4-year-old boy in southern Ohio shot his babysitter because the sitter accidentally stepped on his foot. Police said 18-year-old Nathan Beavers and several other teenagers were babysitting several young children in a mobile home in Jackson on Sunday when the shooting occurred.
Witnesses told police the 4-year-old retrieved the shotgun from a bedroom closet and shot Beavers. Police said the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot. Beavers was hospitalized with minor pellet wounds to his arm and side. Police say another teen was also injured with shotgun pellets.
Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen said authorities are investigating the shooting. The child has not been charged.
Okay, they didn’t charge the child but what about charging the parents for having a weapon where the child could get to it and worse yet, it being loaded. Either that or the child is one smart cookie and knew where the shells were and how to load the shotgun. Someone will end up being charged before it’s all over I bet.