Upstate New York man arrested in fatal shooting of 7-month-old boy

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Upstate New York man arrested in fatal shooting of 7-month-old boy

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS /

Monday, November 30, 2015, 12:14 AM



Rome Police Department


An upstate man arrested Sunday after he fatally shot a 7-month-old boy claims the shotgun discharged accidentally when he tried to stand up, cops say.

Rome police say 18-year-old Henry Bartle faces a charge of criminally negligent homicide.

Authorities say Bartle was in his apartment on Saturday with his girlfriend, who’s the baby’s mother, and another man, and was cleaning the 12-gauge shotgun in the living room. Police say he then loaded the gun and had it in his lap pointing in the direction of the child.

The baby was struck in the upper body when the gun went off.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/upstate-ny-man-arrested-fatal-shooting-7-month-old-boy-article-1.2450072

[uppityperson]

1. 18 yrs old, kills 11 month old. What a waste.

[riversedge]

3. Horrible for all involved.

[Live and Learn]

4. Agreed. Tragic all the way around. nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. Just exercising his riiiiiiiots n/m

[bonniebgood]

5. 18 year old 'man' cant legally buy cigarettes and beer too dangerous. n/t

[Kennah]

23. Don't forget, he can enlist then meet and kill interesting people n/t

[JonathanRackham]

6. Cleaning In the living room?

A fine graduate of public education system.

[hedgehog]

9. My guess - he lives in a very small apartment - "living room"

is a polite term for this space.

[JonathanRackham]

12. Bad idea.

Bad idea to overhaul the lawnmower carburetor in the kitchen sink too.

18 years old w/a baby? Kids having kids.

[hedgehog]

17. The local tv is showing a small house c 1900? -

pretty typical for this region. I agree about kids having kids.

[JonathanRackham]

20. Did they show a garage?

I grew up rural and you cleaned firearms in the garage. My neighbor cleaned his outside. Then you loaded them when you went hunting or if you heard a bump in the night and felt the need for a firearm. Pump shotguns load fast alternately it takes a second to put a magazine into a semi auto. But no, numb nuts the man-child had to play with his gun in the frigging house. No wonder he's a teenage parent.

[hedgehog]

22. No garage. I agree that he is numb nuts, but would point out that he has

a lot of companions around here. When life ends with high school and no good jobs at hand, young people do foolish things.

[secondwind]

7. There are too many stupid and ignorant people in possession of guns... and those who they pal

around with are just as bad...

[workinclasszero]

8. So the tree of liberty is watered again

with the blood of a 7 month old baby.

Just another good guy with a gun, nothing to see here folks.

Thanks NRA

[Turbineguy]

10. Gun safety

The NRA could have done society some service by being more aggressive about this than sowing fear and boosting gun sales.

An NRA approved safety course required before taking delivery of a gun. Every time.

A colleague of mine (ex-special forces type) shot himself through the hand a few weeks ago. I was amazed. I figured he would be the last person to have such an accident.

[hack89]

13. The NRA is the largest provider of gun safety courses in America

When states like CT mandate training for concealed carry who do you think is doing that training?

[Turbineguy]

18. I'm aware of that.

There is no doubt in my mind that the NRA have the expert knowledge. So why then are there accidents like this?

[hack89]

19. Because humans are involved

And asking perfection from humans is asking for the impossible.

[JonathanRackham]

21. Darwin

This was gross stupidity on the part of this individual.

[Javaman]

11. ah yes, the old "cleaning the loaded gun" defense.

a time tested classic.

fucking moron with a gun.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Just another day in East Gunistan

Pew pew.

[valerief]

15. And amazingly he's white. Imagine a white man with shotgun killing an innocent person.

That never happens in America. Just every day.

[Oneironaut]

16. This is a special type of stupid.

Only an idiot would do something like that.