March 23, 201511 yr Police: Child shot in Highland Heights - WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC Campbell County dispatch has confirmed a child has been shot in Highland Heights. Police said they are handling a shooting at a residence on Bon Jan Lane near U.S. 27. No other information is available at this time. Local news link... http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/campbell-county/highland-heights/police-investigating-after-a-child-was-shot-in-highland-heights
March 23, 201511 yr Author From a North Carolina News station? Here is the local news link... Police investigating after a child was shot in Highland Heights - Story Other one was just the first one I saw on google.
March 23, 201511 yr Author FB comments say it was a 2 year old child. Not confirmed though. I saw someone say It was a 5 year old that shot the 2 year old but I have no clue if that's true.
March 23, 201511 yr A lot of NKU college kids are starting to move onto that street. Prayers for the child and family.
March 23, 201511 yr Absolutely tragic. Lock up your firearms people! I grew up on Towanda which runs right next to Bon Jan. That neighborhood has really gone down hill.
March 27, 201511 yr If your child knows where and has easy access to the keys to your gun cabinet, why do you even bother to have one?! :rage: 911 call: 5-year-old boy obtained gun, shot sister The 2-year-old girl shot in the head in her Kentucky home this week was shot by her 5-year-old brother, the children's mother said in a 911 recording released Thursday. "My son got the keys to the gun cabinet and he shot his little sister," Stephanie Reed said, her voice breaking as a child's voice is heard in the background. The 911 call and the police incident report, which were obtained by The Enquirer, detail what happened Monday inside the family home on Bon Jan Lane in Highland Heights. Police have said the toddler is in "critical but stable" condition. Investigators, who continue to piece together exactly what happened, have not commented on who pulled the trigger or how the 5-year-old could have obtained the gun. "The incident is still under investigation and will be for some time as it will take time to process evidence collected," Detective Greg Haigis said. Police have not said when or if charges might be filed in the shooting. Kentucky's gun laws are among the least restrictive in the nation, and the state does not have a "safe storage" law on the books. Police have characterized the shooting as accidental, and the records do not contradict that. Reed placed the 911 call about 2 p.m. Monday, frantically asking first responders to hurry to the home. She told the dispatcher her daughter, who will turn 3 years old in April, was shot in the head and was barely breathing. "She's tightening up," Reed said. Reed can be heard talking to both of her children during the 21/2-minute call, and she told the dispatcher her son was next to her and putting his shoes on. She said she had put the gun back in the family's gun cabinet. The records do not specify the type of gun. "We keep the keys put up on top of the fridge and he went and got 'em," she told the dispatcher. The 911 call ended when officers arrived at the home, but the incident report picks up from there. The officers found the girl lying on the floor breathing but unconscious, and one of them applied pressure to her bleeding head until an ambulance arrived, the report says. Paramedics took the girl to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she underwent emergency surgery. Reed and her son, meanwhile, were taken to the Children's Advocacy Center in Florence to be interviewed by a social worker and police, according to the incident report. The children's father, Kevin Reed, was not home at the time of the shooting. Investigators remained at the home for nine hours; the initial investigation included calling a crime scene unit to assist at the home and obtaining a search warrant from a judge to enter the home.
March 27, 201511 yr Unreal. Praying the child makes it. I don't understand how you can make it that easy for a child to get your loaded weapon. Retarded.
March 27, 201511 yr Dumb parents. I don't think the law should change. I don't make my opinion on knee jerk reactions to isolated incidents.
March 27, 201511 yr "She said she had put the gun back in the family's gun cabinet." This sounds just a tad bit...fishy maybe is the word? I come in to the room in this situation and I would think the last thing on my mind would be putting the gun back in the cabinet. Heck I probably wouldn't be thinking at all. Just my observation.
March 27, 201511 yr 5 year old got on top of the fridge to get gun safe keys? The mother put the gun back? I'm interested to see the GPR test results.
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