It’s a message that never gets old: If you have a gun, make sure the kids can’t get to it. Somehow, another family didn’t take heed, and one boy lost his life last night. How did this happen? Hit the links and read the story…
The day before their first day of kindergarten, five -year old twins were playing cops and robbers in the house. Even though the home was filled with adults, grandmothers, aunts and parents, there still wasn’t enough time to stop the tragedy that was about to happen.
Jonathan’s brother ran from the room in his pajamas, followed by Jonathan, who was crawling and bleeding from his abdomen, relatives say.
Jonathan was rushed by ambulance from his two-flat in the 700 block of South California to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m. Monday from a gunshot wound. He would have turned 6 next month.
Relatives said the boys, who were nearly identical and inseparable, had been playing when they found the gun. Some believe Jonathan was shot by his brother, others wonder whether Jonathan may have shot himself.
Nonetheless, this is a classic case of negligence. Or is it?
Tameka Patterson, the twin boys’ aunt calls the incident “a straight accident” and they still can’t tell if Jonathan shot himself or if his brother did.
At any rate, its a sad story that proves once again… don’t leave guns laying around where kids can get to them.
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