Armed 13-year-old shot by deputy after she shoots man approaching home, Georgia cops say

[tulipsandroses]

A 13-year-old girl was shot by a deputy after she came out of a home in Georgia and fired a gun at a man near the porch, authorities said.

Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies got a call from a 38-year-old man at 8:44 p.m. May 25. He asked for help from authorities with a custody exchange dispute involving a 3-year-old child, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The relationships among the man, the 13-year-old and 3-year-old was not disclosed. https://amp.macon.com/news/nation-world/national/article261843030.html

[Karadeniz]

1. Sounds like the situation called for a negotiator to be sent.

[tulipsandroses]

2. This was just one of several disturbing headlines regarding gun violence

In my local news
And people think we don’t have a gun problem? A 13 yr old grabbing a gun to deal with a custody dispute??? Why wasn’t the gun locked away?

Other headlines in my area today
Food delivery man shot dead while delivering food.
Homeless man shot to death at homeless encampment
Man Charged for murder in music video shooting. Apparently he tried the Alec Baldwin defense. Claiming it was an accident.
And these were not the only ones.

[Kaleva]

3. Owner of that gun should be looking at some jail time

But probably won't.

[lpbk2713]

4. I wonder if she called 911 first and the dispatcher hung up on her?

As in Buffalo?

They've done it before. They'll do it again.