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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 10:31 AM Nov 2020

10-year-old accidentally shoots his grandma at Pa. church: police

A 10-year-old who stumbled onto a handgun in the living quarters of a Pa. church accidentally pulled the trigger twice while his grandmother was trying to take the weapon away, police say.
... after the 10-year-old found a gun in the church’s living quarters, he fired off several shots in the church parking lot. And when his grandmother came to disarm the child, two shots were fired – accidentally – according to police.

“I don’t think he realized the severity of what he had in his hand and the grandmother was going out to stop him as he was shooting into the church building and that’s whenever she got shot,” Uniontown City Police Lt. Tom Kolencik told WTAE.

At last report, the woman, who was not identified in initial reports, was flown to a hospital in West Virginia. Her condition was not immediately known, but WTAE reports she was expected to survive.

It’s not clear how the 10-year-old got access to the gun in the church’s living quarters. The investigation continues, and WTAE reports charges were expected to be filed in the case. It happened around 5 p.m. at the Solid Rock Ministry in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.

https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2020/11/10-year-old-accidently-shoots-his-grandma-at-pa-church.html

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10-year-old accidentally shoots his grandma at Pa. church: police (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 OP
Ahhh...well, at least we have moved beyond the Holy Hand Grenade. ret5hd Nov 2020 #1
"Accidentally pulled the trigger twice while his grandmother was trying to take the weapon away"? no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #2
"It's not clear how the 10-year-old got access to the gun in the church's living quarters." left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #3

no_hypocrisy

(46,080 posts)
2. "Accidentally pulled the trigger twice while his grandmother was trying to take the weapon away"?
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 10:41 AM
Nov 2020

Accidentally?

Pulled trigger twice accidentally?

Resisting his grandmother?

10 year old shooting into a church?

Shit happens?

Sounds like a Kyle Rittenhouse in the making.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
3. "It's not clear how the 10-year-old got access to the gun in the church's living quarters."
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 10:45 AM
Nov 2020

I know he's only 10 but,
could he have been burglarizing the church residence?

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