Child shot in head by off duty cop during school demo

Fox news

[inflorida]

This just reported on Fox news. A 10 year old child in Pennsylvania was accidentally shot in the head during a school demonstration by an off-duty cop.
The child is expected to survive.

[francisandbeans]

Must have advocated the scare tactics of speaking of phantom lost liberties.

[Mo1]

I saw this also .. local news doesn't come on here till 4:00

[illbenice]

He had a loaded gun pointed in some ones direction?

[illbenice]

He had a loaded gun pointed in some ones direction?

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Any more info...

Was the cop responding to something? Why was his gun drawn? ?????????????

[Sir Gawain]

"And you shouldn't do this, children." ?

[Mixer]

Why was his gun drawn? ?????????????

He was giving a demonstration in a school I would assume.

[LoneGOPinCT]

He had a loaded gun pointed in some ones direction?

It's crap like this (stupidity) that gives gun owners a bad rep. The first friggin' thing you learn is to never point a gun at anyone, loaded or not, in a non-defense situation.

[ArrogantBustard]

We've two threads up about citizens using guns correctly in self defense (one of them an 11yo) and now this. I guess only the police and military should have guns. They have the proper training, after all... Sarah Brady says so.

[DETAILER]

There is no excuse for this guy. Send him back to security guard, armed with a cell phone and a flashlight. Had a LOADED gun, pointed it at a child in a demo, and managed to pull the trigger? Total incompetence.

[LeeMcCoy]

Prayers for the child, the police officer and their families.

[is_is]

during a demonstration at a Philly school.

a little info please.....were the kids demonstating against cafeteria food??? was the cop demonstrating how to hold a gun to the head of a suspect????

[b4its2late]

Did you see this? Any news you can add?

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

A demonstration?

Now my intrest moves to what type of gun he had...

I have a good idea just from this info and my bet is on a Glock...

[Pilsner]

He had a loaded gun pointed in some ones direction?

He had a gun pointed in some ones direction.

Thinking you may treat a weapon you think is unloaded differently than one you know to be loaded is how accidents happen.

[Sir Gawain]

You replied to the wrong person.

[.38sw]

So this was a demonstration of gun? Gun safety? Hard to tell here. But I guess he demonstrated what NOT to do. He apparently violated every gun safety rule I ever learned. Now I'll want to be hearing from Sarah Brady that the police shouldn't be armed.

[Woodman]

"It's crap like this (stupidity) that gives gun owners a bad rep. The first friggin' thing you learn is to never point a gun at anyone, loaded or not, in a non-defense situation"

This is worth repeating.

[Future Snake Eater]

I have a good idea just from this info and my bet is on a Glock...

Exactly what I was thinking...