04-05-2005
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Half-Squat
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Demopolis
Posts: 7,571
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Re: Pellet Rifles Aren't For Play!
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A 12-year-old Pinson boy died after getting shot in the chest while he and other children played with an air-powered pellet rifle.
Brendan Willis was shot by a 9-year-old playmate outside his father's home Saturday just before 6 p.m. The victim had taken a pellet rifle belonging to his father out of the garage and loaded it. He and four other neighborhood children had been playing with it.
The victim pumped the rifle seven times, handed it to the 9-year-old and stretched out his arms stating "Shoot me, I am wearing a bullet proof shirt." He was wearing an Under Armour T-shirt that he apparently thought was bullet proof. The 9-year-old fired one shot from the pellet rifle, striking the victim in the chest area.
The victim then went into the house and told his father he had been shot, showing him the wound. The father called 911, and the victim was transported to Children's Hospital, where he died in surgery. Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Randy Christian said the district attorney's office will determine if charges should be filed. |
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It says he died in surgery. I've been shot with a pellet gun before. Didn't need sugery afterward. |
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