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5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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Inspector Fuzz
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Date: July 01, 2011 11:30AM
5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s
By Matt Zapotosky
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/young-boy-shot-by-another-young-boy/2011/06/30/AGzNrYsH_blog.html
A 5-year-old boy inadvertently shot his 4-year-old neighbor while the two were playing at a Hillcrest Heights playground Thursday, authorities said.
Scared by what had happened, the boy then ran into his family’s apartment and hid the gun, authorities said. Police eventually recovered the weapon, a handgun, inside the apartment, and detectives are investigating to determine who owned it and where it came from, authorities said.
The 4-year-old, who was shot in the back, was taken to the hospital. He is expected to survive, authorities said.
The incident happened just before 4 p.m., when officers were called to a low-rise apartment complex in the 4400 block of 23rd Parkway for a shooting, said Cpl. Mike Rodriguez, a Prince George’s County police spokesman. There, near the complex’s playground, they found the 4-year-old boy with a gunshot wound, he said.
Rodriguez did not identify either boy, and he said it is unlikely detectives would seek charges against the 5-year-old shooter. He did say, however, that detectives were vigorously trying to determine how the 5-year-old got the gun, and its owner -- or those who should have been supervising the boy -- might face criminal charges.
Neighbors said the two boys lived in apartment buildings separated by the playground and frequently played together -- unsupervised -- outside.
“I think it’s sad,” said one neighbor, who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect her privacy. “Little kids out here playing and one of them gets shot.”
Dee Johnson, 29, who identified himself as the shooter’s uncle, said he was not in the Hillcrest Heights apartment when the shooting happened, but those at the scene told him his nephew found the gun outside. He said his sister, who lives in the apartment with her four children, does not keep guns there.
“I know for a fact my sister don’t keep no guns in the house,” he said.
Johnson, who said he does not live in the apartment and had not yet spoken with his sister or nephew, said his nephew attended Hillcrest Heights Elementary School. He said he was “praying” for the boy who was shot as family members searched for answers about what happened.
“It’s just two little kids, two innocent kids,” Johnson said. “We’re just trying to figure out what’s going on.”
By Matt Zapotosky
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/young-boy-shot-by-another-young-boy/2011/06/30/AGzNrYsH_blog.html
A 5-year-old boy inadvertently shot his 4-year-old neighbor while the two were playing at a Hillcrest Heights playground Thursday, authorities said.
Scared by what had happened, the boy then ran into his family’s apartment and hid the gun, authorities said. Police eventually recovered the weapon, a handgun, inside the apartment, and detectives are investigating to determine who owned it and where it came from, authorities said.
The 4-year-old, who was shot in the back, was taken to the hospital. He is expected to survive, authorities said.
The incident happened just before 4 p.m., when officers were called to a low-rise apartment complex in the 4400 block of 23rd Parkway for a shooting, said Cpl. Mike Rodriguez, a Prince George’s County police spokesman. There, near the complex’s playground, they found the 4-year-old boy with a gunshot wound, he said.
Rodriguez did not identify either boy, and he said it is unlikely detectives would seek charges against the 5-year-old shooter. He did say, however, that detectives were vigorously trying to determine how the 5-year-old got the gun, and its owner -- or those who should have been supervising the boy -- might face criminal charges.
Neighbors said the two boys lived in apartment buildings separated by the playground and frequently played together -- unsupervised -- outside.
“I think it’s sad,” said one neighbor, who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect her privacy. “Little kids out here playing and one of them gets shot.”
Dee Johnson, 29, who identified himself as the shooter’s uncle, said he was not in the Hillcrest Heights apartment when the shooting happened, but those at the scene told him his nephew found the gun outside. He said his sister, who lives in the apartment with her four children, does not keep guns there.
“I know for a fact my sister don’t keep no guns in the house,” he said.
Johnson, who said he does not live in the apartment and had not yet spoken with his sister or nephew, said his nephew attended Hillcrest Heights Elementary School. He said he was “praying” for the boy who was shot as family members searched for answers about what happened.
“It’s just two little kids, two innocent kids,” Johnson said. “We’re just trying to figure out what’s going on.”
Re: 5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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Date: July 01, 2011 12:26PM
Child Shoots Another Child on Playground in Hillcrest Heights
Updated: Friday, 01 Jul 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 30 Jun 2011, 5:13 PM EDT
Matt Ackland FOX 5 Reporter
By MATT ACKLAND/myfoxdc
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/child-shoots-another-child-on-playground-in-hillcrest-heights-063011?obref=obinsite#ixzz1Qs5fRYYY
HILLCREST HEIGHTS, Md. - Prince George’s County Police say a five-year-old boy shot a four-year-old boy on a playground in the 4400 block of 23rd Parkway in Hillcrest Heights.
Police are still trying to figure out where the five-year-old boy was able to access the gun. They believe he found it in the home, but don't know whose gun it is.
Police say the bullet passed right through the upper part of the four-year-old’s torso.
Ebony Webb says she was there when the four-year-old boy ran into his apartment after he was shot. She called 911 and helped clean the wound. Officials transported the four-year-old to Children’s Hospital. Authorities say the gunshot wound is not life-threatening.
Police say after shooting, they found the boy who pulled the trigger and the gun he used in the boy’s apartment.
Police are questioning the shooter's parents and other adults who had access to the apartment.
Updated: Friday, 01 Jul 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 30 Jun 2011, 5:13 PM EDT
Matt Ackland FOX 5 Reporter
By MATT ACKLAND/myfoxdc
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/child-shoots-another-child-on-playground-in-hillcrest-heights-063011?obref=obinsite#ixzz1Qs5fRYYY
HILLCREST HEIGHTS, Md. - Prince George’s County Police say a five-year-old boy shot a four-year-old boy on a playground in the 4400 block of 23rd Parkway in Hillcrest Heights.
Police are still trying to figure out where the five-year-old boy was able to access the gun. They believe he found it in the home, but don't know whose gun it is.
Police say the bullet passed right through the upper part of the four-year-old’s torso.
Ebony Webb says she was there when the four-year-old boy ran into his apartment after he was shot. She called 911 and helped clean the wound. Officials transported the four-year-old to Children’s Hospital. Authorities say the gunshot wound is not life-threatening.
Police say after shooting, they found the boy who pulled the trigger and the gun he used in the boy’s apartment.
Police are questioning the shooter's parents and other adults who had access to the apartment.
Child Shoots Another Child on Playground in Hillcrest Heights: MyFoxDC.com
Re: 5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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CC
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Date: July 01, 2011 12:57PM
That's nothing, one of my brothers shot my other brother, accidentlally.
Re: 5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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it's just your brother hey
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Date: July 01, 2011 02:17PM
Yes, but were your brothers ages 4 and 5?
This kind of reminds me of the other thread with the dead body in the swimming pool. Aren't people watching out for each other? What kind of families are these?
This kind of reminds me of the other thread with the dead body in the swimming pool. Aren't people watching out for each other? What kind of families are these?
Re: 5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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James Norsworthy
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Date: July 02, 2011 10:48PM
it's just your brother hey Wrote:
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> Yes, but were your brothers ages 4 and 5?
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> This kind of reminds me of the other thread with
> the dead body in the swimming pool. Aren't people
> watching out for each other? What kind of families
> are these?
That a serious question?
It's PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY. Have you ever been there? Hillcrest Heights? It's full of poor, uneducated blacks, who come back and forth from SE DC. The whole area is a toxic sewer. Take a ride thru there sometime.
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> Yes, but were your brothers ages 4 and 5?
>
> This kind of reminds me of the other thread with
> the dead body in the swimming pool. Aren't people
> watching out for each other? What kind of families
> are these?
That a serious question?
It's PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY. Have you ever been there? Hillcrest Heights? It's full of poor, uneducated blacks, who come back and forth from SE DC. The whole area is a toxic sewer. Take a ride thru there sometime.
Re: 5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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ThePackLeader
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Date: July 04, 2011 12:22PM
PG County is one giant crap stain, on an otherwise already crappy state.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
Re: 5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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tomahawk
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Date: July 05, 2011 02:39AM
ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> PG County is one giant crap stain, on an otherwise
> already crappy state.
+1
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> PG County is one giant crap stain, on an otherwise
> already crappy state.
+1
Re: 5-year-old shoots 4-year-old in Pr. George’s County
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where is it?
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Date: July 05, 2011 10:39PM
supervision?