Boy Of 5 Shoots A Girl Of 7 To Death With A Gun He Assumed To Be Toy While In A Birthday Party

So tragic how innocent children become murderers. 7-year-old Juliet Lynch (pictured above) was accidentally shot dead by a little boy of 5 years who mistook the rifle he found in his mum's boyfriend's car for a toy gun. According to Police in South Carolina.

This sad incident occurred at a birthday party which finally turned to a sour gathering of kids. Little wonder, the little boy who was playing with the rifle fired a shot and the bullet passed through the car and fragments and struck Juliet right in her chest. Also, there was a record of a fatal injury of another 5-year-old boy who was hit in his arm by the shrapnel.

The mother of the deceased child while speaking to WLTX (the local news network) described the moment she realised her daughter had been shot. She said;
"All of a sudden, I heard a gunshot and her dad ran around the house and he said 'Juliet'"
"I just don't understand why someone would bring a gun to a kid's party? Why would you let a kid go to the trunk if you knew the gun was there, why?
"I cannot blame the child, but I do blame the adult that did have that gun."


Lexington County Sheriff James Metts said charges could be brought following the incident.

Parents just have to be careful with the objects they keep around their children/ward and also with what they watch.  Just last week, a two-year-old boy shot dead his 11-year-old sister while playing with a gun left inside their Philadelphia home.

So sad.

Source: The Mirror