Posted on 09/25/2018 1:08:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A 14-year-old Utah boy was killed in front of his family when he was hit in the head by a stray bullet fired from a group of nearby target shooters, authorities said.
The young victim, identified by family as Zackary Kempke, was in the back seat of his family’s car — driven by his father — on a dirt road in a desolate region of the Monte Cristo range when he was shot Sunday afternoon, the Deseret News reported.
The boy died instantly as a result of the 3 p.m. shooting, according to local reports. His family was not injured.
Rich County Sheriff Dale Stacey said investigators determined that the bullet came from another family that was target shooting several hundred feet away, the Deseret News reported.
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Oh God,how very sad.
RIP,young man.
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Always know where your rounds are going to end up before you go target shooting.
Sad that this boy has to die to remind people of some basic safety practices.
Know your target and what is beyond it.
Happened at a Dodger Giant baseball game at the Polo Grounds, a kid up on a hill shot a pistol into the air. 50 year old guy sitting in the outfield bleachers slumped over dead.
So sad.
Dreadful. RIP.
Your kid blown away in front of you. There one second, gone beyond mortal reach the next. Unimaginable.
Wow,I never heard about that.
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NEVER EVER SHOOT IN THE DIRECTION OF A ROAD OR RESIDENCE!...........................
Devastating. No excuse. Shooters should be charged with murder.
“Shooters should be charged with murder.”
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Nope.
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If I was so sloppy as to shoot toward a road, toward anywhere that might injure someone; and for that matter, as a range safety officer, if I allowed such a thing, I’d fully expect to be charged. This was avoidable and cannot be excused as an accident.
Manslaughter, perhaps but that still gets you 15 to 20.
Yup! A number of years ago myself and two friends were rabbit hunting a wooded area on public land when we suddenly became the target area of some dumbass who set his target up in the field between our woods and his back yard with no protective backstop or berm and started firing. The rounds were whizzing around us and despite the immediate firing of our shotguns to let him know we were out there, he kept it up. We got out of there fast.......
We stopped at his house and my buddy had a few words with him........
According to the article they did not know there was a road-—and this was corroborated by other witnesses.
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Murder?
No murder is described here. Accidents do happen.
Let’s wait for facts.
You dont know that. There are endless possibilities where this could have been a freak accident. Its also possible the driver of the vehicle was in a place where they should not have been. We dont know enough details to accuse anyone.
Poor parental guidance of the family out shooting - toward the road.
The responsibility is on the shooters. Even at the range, or anywhere, you need to be fully and continually aware of your surroundings. No excuses, no apologies, undo the results of not shooting safely. And I stand by them being charged with murder, let a jury or judge decide accountability.
I agree with you. You're talking about country folks here in a desolate region of the Monte Cristo range. I don't live there but I have lived in the country where shooting on our property never had the chance of hitting anyone.
This was a very unfortunate accident but an accident it was..............
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