LA - David Doyle, 58, charged with shooting girl, 14, playing hide-and-seek on his property - Starks, 7 May 2023

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Fortunately, victim was treated and released from hospital.

Starks man accused of shooting 14-year-old girl in back of head as she was playing hide-and-seek

Detectives say the man opened fire when he saw people running away from his home.

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A Starks man has been arrested after being accused of shooting a 14-year-old girl in the back of her head, according to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Spokeswoman Kayla Vincent said deputies were called out to a home in Starks at approximately 1 a.m. on May 7, in reference to a shooting. When deputies arrived they said they found the girl with a gunshot wound to the back of her head.

The incident happened on Jimmy Doyle Road. The area of the shooting is a dead-end road with only three residents: Doyle, the victim’s family and a relative to the victim’s family.

Louisiana girl shot in head while playing hide-and-seek

It is the latest in a string of US shootings seemingly sparked by small incidents.

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Officers learned that "several juveniles were playing hide and seek in the area and were hiding on the neighbour's property", said a press release from Officers at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office.

The homeowner, Mr Doyle, "stated he observed shadows outside his home, at which time he went inside and retrieved his firearm," added the press release.

"He then advised detectives he went back outside and observed people running away from his property, at which time he began shooting at them and unknowingly hit the girl."

 

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Family members told KPLC 7 News, a local NBC affiliate, that she was “okay and recovering.”

The outlet noted that the neighborhood where the shooting took place “is a dead-end road with only three residents: Doyle, the victim’s family and a relative to the victim’s family.”

A local resident with ties to the girl’s family told The Daily Beast that Doyle’s nephew was playing hide-and-seek with the victim when she was shot.

“Things like this need to stop,” the family acquaintance said. “I believe in people owning guns, but your life has to be in danger first. That man’s life was not in danger… It was just lucky, that her guardian angel had their hand on her, and it wasn’t worse than it was.”
Man Shot 14-Year-Old in Back of Head as She Was Playing Hide-and-Seek: Cops