Police: Hawaii island boy died of self-inflicted gunshot
A boy who was fatally shot Friday in Puna died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Hawaii island police said today.
Police said an autopsy that was conducted today. Foul play has been ruled out and the case has been classified as a fatal home accident.
Police are investigating possible criminal charges stemming from the firearm storage.
The incident happened about 8 p.m. at an Oshiro Road home in Mountain View. The boy was taken to the Hilo Medical Center in critical condition and died Saturday.
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Something about this case smells bad. TV news last night said the boy first was reported to have been shot by a BB gun and when EMS and police arrived they found he had been fatally shot by a bullet, but the weapon had not been found. How does someone who self inflicts a fatal gunshot get rid of the weapon?
scary area also
I heard the same details. If the gun was hidden or disposed of as reported, then charges should be sought against the person(s) responsible – grieving relative status notwithstanding.
Sadly, this involves a family name well known to the locals here, especially those residing on Oahu.
Loaded gun left unattended instead of being unloaded and stored in a safe place. Should be a requirement that gun purchaser must have an approved storage device or equipment and pass a safety firearm course on proper use and storage. Before our son was allowed to use a gun, he was enrolled in NRA certified firearm class. Own a steel upright firearms safe with 2 massive locks where our over a dozen different pistol/revolvers and rifle/shotguns are stored. Ammunition is kept in a locked cabinet located in our underground assigned parking area. Have owned firearms/ammunition since the late 50’s without any mishap.
Your list of requirements is reasonable. The problem, of course, is that you can fulfill all of them and yet not have within yourself the will to diligently use them in the case of locks and storage devices, or the capacity to actually take the lessons of a safety class to heart. It’s a universal and everlasting problem. Everyone reading these comments knows (or are themselves an example) of people who can take all the government-mandated refreshers on sexual harassment prevention, all the required safety awareness and accident prevention courses, or all the fraud and abuse avoidance seminars you can shake a stick at and still act the way they please as long as no one in authority is watching. It’s unfortunately a human condition. Sometimes in despair I’m forced to reflect that it wasn’t too long ago that the ancestors of us modern humans were dragging their knuckles on the ground and swinging through the trees.
agree
Condolences to the family. #Kaaihue4Congress
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Ah, they fixed it.