Kate said, "All of a sudden the lights went off. When they came back on, his face looked like a zombie's."
Kate and her friend called 911. They stayed with their injured pal until his mother, the paramedics and the police arrived.
The police determined the incident was an accident. Foul play was not suspected.
Our police chief said, "“The kid is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He is so lucky. One inch either way and this would have turned out a lot differently.”
The 14 year old sustained a fractured jaw. He was released from the hospital in early February, but had to take off six weeks of school to recover. I am so grateful that he is alive and that no one else was injured.
I recommend that parents who own guns enroll their older children and teenagers in a gun safety course.
Kids are curious. Sometimes they do dumb things. Even good kids make mistakes. If you own guns, please keep them locked up.
I'm sorry to hear of your daughter's friend's near lethal accident. However, I totally disagree with the title. It should be "Children and unsupervised access to guns don't mix". I have twin daughters that are seven, they are already shooting, but we always maintain parental control. (We are a hunting family). I am in total support of safe storage, we keep our guns in a safe and use trigger locks until guns are in use.
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