5-Day-Old Baby ‘Accidentally’ Shot In The Head By Hunters
A stray bullet grazed the head of a 5-day-old infant in what officials in Pennsylvania are describing as a hunting accident. The father of the infant was holding his newborn baby when the bullet tore through a window in the home.
[su_center_ad]According to WPXI, Indiana County prosecutors said the bullet came into a home near Saltsburg in Young Township at about 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
District Attorney Pat Dougherty said the infant’s father had been sitting on a couch holding the infant when the bullet plowed through the window of the home.
According to Dougherty, the bullet is believed to have come from hunters on private property across the street and he added that they had permission to be there.
The child was taken to a children’s hospital. The baby’s condition is not known at this time.
State police are investigating, but Dougherty said the incident “appears to be an accidental shooting.”
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edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 5:51 pm
Permission or not there is a minimum distance from a dwelling restriction for hunting. Also there’s such a thing as knowing what’s beyond your target.
whatthe46 September 26th, 2014 at 5:59 pm
what the hell are they hunting in a city/community? people are so fk’n stupid.
edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Some calibers have a distance of 400 yards, and more, so it’s possible they were not even in sight of the house…..just sayin.
whatthe46 September 26th, 2014 at 6:11 pm
there are proper places to go hunting waayyyyy out no where near the cities. aside from that, shouldn’t you only shoot when you have a target sight.
edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 6:15 pm
Please don’t mistake my explanation of statistics to be an attempt to defend their behavior. Yes, you never fire at a target without knowing what’s beyond. They were w/o a doubt careless in their actions.
jasperjava September 26th, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Nothing in the Second Amendment says that they have to be careful with their death-dealing penis replacements. Carelessness is a Constitutional right.
This would not have happened if the five-day-old baby had been armed, too.
jasperjava September 26th, 2014 at 7:12 pm
On second thought, maybe that’s what “well-regulated” means.
whatthe46 September 26th, 2014 at 7:18 pm
i didn’t think you were defending them.
rg9rts September 26th, 2014 at 7:01 pm
Shot gun ,,,,rifles are better than a mile
edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Actually I ‘m talking effective range for the average shooter, no one hunts deer or other game animals at those distances.
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 4:46 am
These idiots don’t have the brain capacity to think that far
mea_mark September 26th, 2014 at 8:02 pm
Heck, the bullet crossed a roadway. I don’t know where that is legal anywhere.
Carla Akins September 26th, 2014 at 6:01 pm
An accident, right. Let’s call it what it really is, criminal negligence.
Bob Cronos September 26th, 2014 at 7:56 pm
I have to agree… You damn well better know where the bullet will end up before you pull the trigger…
uzza September 26th, 2014 at 6:46 pm
Prolly an atheist, huntin’ up dinner.
Carla Akins September 26th, 2014 at 6:58 pm
smart ass. 🙂
whatthe46 September 26th, 2014 at 7:17 pm
lol
uzza September 26th, 2014 at 10:08 pm
The most terrible thing about this is,
I’m so inured to stories about innocent children being shot and possibly killed or maimed, that my first reaction was to make a joke about it.
edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 10:40 pm
It’s a defensive strategy to somehow numb the pain, don’t beat yourself up over it.
whatthe46 September 26th, 2014 at 11:20 pm
yep. can’t cry for laughing. (and not the ha ha laugh. i understand)
rg9rts September 26th, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Probably a bagger exercisin his god given rigaht to shoot any time any where
James September 26th, 2014 at 6:51 pm
MORE THAN 1/2 DO NOT KNOW HOW FAR A BULLET WILL TRAVEL
rg9rts September 26th, 2014 at 6:59 pm
22 will carry for a mile
rg9rts September 26th, 2014 at 6:59 pm
They don’t call it Pennsyltucky fer nutin
Robert J Bartley September 27th, 2014 at 8:24 am
Ya know your right from an educated state to a backwater sump in one generation. How?
rg9rts September 27th, 2014 at 8:32 am
Yer hale from Missssisiiiipppiii
Ronald Ramseur September 26th, 2014 at 7:45 pm
The accident is only failure the hunter who failed to sight his target with accuracy and shooting to hit what he sees so accident is he took his eye off the target. Henry Wadsworth wrote I shoot an arrow in to the air it fell to earth I knew not where and so if you knew the end as I know it said it landed in the hear of a friend
Chinese Democracy September 26th, 2014 at 8:09 pm
so in other words it was a massive FAIL
edmeyer_able September 26th, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Turns out the infant was injured worse than 1st reported, a .308 is used for deer or bear and has an effective range of about 300 yards.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/5-day-old-baby-accidentally-shot-hunter-indiana-co/nhWKh/
whatthe46 September 26th, 2014 at 9:50 pm
i can’t for the life of me begin to imagine what this father is going through. no parent should feel that holding their 5 day old newborn in the “safety” of their home, could be the last time they enjoy that bond because of some fuckin’ asshole wants to play with his toys, that sole purpose is to distroy/kill w/o giving a damn about its power.
Chinese Democracy September 26th, 2014 at 10:59 pm
Dick Cheney has never shot anyone by ACCIDENT
Ronald Ramseur September 27th, 2014 at 9:06 am
since when you think? At least he dais he did and the story stands accounted for today but you repost is timeless
Steve Ford September 27th, 2014 at 11:43 am
Ronald… PLEASE learn to speak ENGLISH… I know it’s not YOUR FAULT… but you sound like a MORON and worse yet… you sound like a MORON who has VERY FEW brain cells!
Guest September 27th, 2014 at 11:44 am
Sorry Ronald… that was supposed to say “Chinese Democracy”!!! *GRIN*
Steve Ford September 27th, 2014 at 11:50 am
Maybe DOUBLE CHECKING your SPELLING would help there RONNIE!!! I know you THINK you’re being “CUTE” but you’re just making yourself sound MORONIC!!! “At least he dais he did” WHAT? THE? FU**? ARE? YOU? TALKING? ABOUT?
Robert J Bartley September 27th, 2014 at 8:22 am
ACCIDENT??? Incompetent rectal opening wielding the gun.Needs to be in jail if the worse happens manslaughter.
psphilip September 27th, 2014 at 4:31 pm
no accident STUPID as in EVERY state hunting on private land is ok BUT you MUST shoot AWAY fr om any housing …the HUNTER sjhould be charged wit h mis use of a fire arm….
Steve Ford September 27th, 2014 at 9:26 pm
Again Ronny… LEARN TO SPEAK FUCKING ENGLISH… then you can start MOUTHING OFF and being an ASSHOLE!!! (Otherwise you just look like a MORON)
Ronald Ramseur September 27th, 2014 at 9:55 pm
Moron are what made America what it is as you sat on you asset stealing from those who save your worthless ass but I’m ok and you’re not that’s why you get it and I enjoy fucking with your head because your stupid like that. I like fucking your head up
Steve Ford September 28th, 2014 at 10:27 pm
AHHHH… what have I been “STEALING” Ronny Boy??? DO TELL!!
Ronald Ramseur September 28th, 2014 at 10:57 pm
I’m already in your head you keep coming stevie boy you keep coming and I keep laughing at you dumb ass. I enjoy you pussy ass comment because your not the man you feel up to being
Steve Ford September 28th, 2014 at 11:13 pm
Ahhh…. so you’re a “PROFESSIONAL TROLL”… well… RONNIE BOY… your SPECIES serves ONE PURPOSE… KINDLING… you cut the HEAD OFF and SET IT ON FIRE!!! You have a nice LIFE MORON!
Ronald Ramseur September 28th, 2014 at 11:41 pm
Stevie I watch them behead people like your kindred on Kuwait news and it remind me of the slaughter house where you by pork the other white meat that’s where I got my first job nice piece of work
Steve Ford September 29th, 2014 at 7:09 am
UMMMM…. WHAT?
Steve Ford September 28th, 2014 at 10:32 pm
ASSET (A**) (Wouldn’t wanna get this REMOVED for SWEARING at you RONNY BOY… SAVE (SAVED)… AGAIN… PUNCTUATION RONNY BOY!!! YOUR (YOU’RE) and you’re not even CLOSE to messing with my HEAD… you can’t come anywhere near where your PSYCHE is at!!! NOWHERE NEAR RONNY BOY!!!
Steve Ford September 27th, 2014 at 9:30 pm
Are you SURE you’re sober RONNIE??? Because you SPOUT like you’re missing about HALF your BRAIN! (And the OTHER HALF is having a SEIZURE)
Ronald Ramseur September 27th, 2014 at 10:16 pm
doing better that your sorry ass sipping some cognac watching the flood and tornado leave devastation in your neck of the woods I wonder when you get hit I send you a care package which would be a roll of toilet paper
Steve Ford September 28th, 2014 at 10:29 pm
“THAT”… (I’m assuming is supposed to be “THAN”)… learn to use something to SEPARATE your sentences… I probably should have been “I’ll” or “I WILL”…
allison1050 September 28th, 2014 at 6:17 am
I know nothing about hunting but who the hell goes hunting at 7:00 pm?
Glenna Jones-Kachtik September 28th, 2014 at 9:38 pm
What kind of a gun was this guy using to hunt with – what was he hunting???? Across the street? Again, what the hell were they hunting? Where were they aiming? Hope hunting was worth it – the use of a gun is a responsibility not to be taken lightly. Now there is an infant fighting for life – (wonder where the shooters stand on abortion) – but at least these doofuses were on private property & had permission to be there…It will probably be ruled a tragic accident & that is sad.
Ronald Ramseur September 29th, 2014 at 1:56 pm
comparing me to you brother is where the problem come from because through history your Caucasian descendant pass their DNA on to Native American , Blacks and many others so we became dysfunctional sort of like your brother who received it for you dad side or mother but it’s ok I get it how you people feel when you fuck up you can’t accept the fault. So thank you doctor Phil McGraw to be so intelligent to tell me what wrong with me came from your from your ancestral gene pool and very much why we don’t give a shit for you love ones in a body bag when they return home or die by natural causes so I’ll keep you in mind when ask why I’m this way I’ll say refer to Stevie Ford who’s better Idea was the white man defected gene DNA and having a failed erection is the reason you find eating puss is so good . Hey you keep the notes coming I’ll get back to you here me stevie
Steve Ford September 29th, 2014 at 6:35 pm
OH RONNY… your ELEVATOR doesn’t go all the way to the top floor does it pal??? WOW!!!!
Carla Akins September 29th, 2014 at 7:03 pm
You’re both done on this story. Find a better way to communicate in the future.
Carla Akins September 29th, 2014 at 7:02 pm
You’re both done on this story. Dial it back please.
Steve Ford September 30th, 2014 at 5:13 pm
AHHH… that’s IT Ronny boy… the INTERNET COPS are here!!! GOOD JOB!!!
Carla Akins September 30th, 2014 at 6:17 pm
🙂 Just play nice.