NM - 17-year old Gio Blan shoots 8-year old sister in the head - 10/30/24

[Clearsky]

State police: 8-year-old Clayton girl shot in head; brother charged

Gio Blan, 17, of Clayton faces charges after police said he accidentally shot his young sister in the head Tuesday morning.

www.santafenewmexican.com

An 8-year-old girl in Clayton is in critical condition after she was shot in the head Tuesday morning in what New Mexico State Police described as an accidental shooting.

 

[tlcya]

Officials say Blan pointed what he thought was an unloaded handgun at his 8-year-old sister and pulled the trigger, striking her in the head.

The news release states the siblings attempted to provide medical aid before calling 911.
Police arrest Clayton teen accused of shooting 8-year-old sister

She is in critical condition.

Blan allegedly disassembled the gun and threw it in a nearby dumpster after the shooting. Police later recovered the gun. According to New Mexico State Police, the gun didn’t belong to anyone inside the home.
NMSP: Teen arrested for shooting 8-year-old sister in the head

The teen was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, negligent use of a deadly weapon and tampering with evidence, police said.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article294838349.html

He was arrested and booked into the San Juan County Juvenile Detention Center
8-year-old girl shot inside New Mexico home

 

[Dpdan]

Sure hope she survives. Where did he get the gun?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

IMO: you don't get to call playing with a gun, pointing it at someone, pulling the trigger, an "accident."

She was 8 and would have been terrified of what he was doing. Even if he thought it wasn't loaded, which everyone knows you can't assume, he wanted to terrify her, which is a crime. Since he actually shot her, it becomes a violent crime.

Poor child, poor parents.

 

[dalsglen]

IMO: you don't get to call playing with a gun, pointing it at someone, pulling the trigger, an "accident."

She was 8 and would have been terrified of what he was doing. Even if he thought it wasn't loaded, which everyone knows you can't assume, he wanted to terrify her, which is a crime. Since he actually shot her, it becomes a violent crime.

Poor child, poor parents.

That was my first thought after reading tlcyas post. Accidental shooting my bum! You don't lift a gun to someone's head and fire, oh oopsie it was loaded, it's not a bloody watergun.

What was a 17yo doing lifting a gun to his sister anyway?