North Philadelphia Infant Shot Accidentally by Her Father
by KYW's Hadas Kuznits
A 16-month-old girl was shot early Monday morning, at home in the 200 block of Shedecker Street in North Philadelphia.
Police spokesperson, Corporal Jim Pauley, said the girl's father claims he was cleaning his gun at the time, and it accidentally discharged:
"Her father Kenneth Saunders, 18 years of age, has been charged with aggrevated and simple assault, firearm violations, recklessly endangering another person, and endangering the welfare of a child."
According to police, the firearm belonging to Kenneth Saunders, is illegal, because the serial number had been filed down.
Police issued a search warrant at the girl's home late Monday and found other firearms belonging to Kenneth Saunders. Police have not released any other details about the investigation.
Authoroties say the girl is in good condition at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
One reply to this from a police officer on the bike board was
Well, with Glock pistols, you must look and feel to verify empty, otherwise the first step in breaking the gun down for cleaning will result in a discharge. For those of you who don't know about Glock pistols, in order for you to take the slide off the frame rails, you must pull the trigger.
So it is impossible to have a Glock go off while you were cleaning it unless you somehow put a bullet into the chamber after you disassembled it. It is, however, possible to have a Glock go off when you were "about" to clean it.
:nobreed:
no one should be playing with a gun around babies... period. unless there's someone in my house, or trying to kill someone, and the kid is in the room... but, in that sense... if i was the mother, i'd have shot him and said the kid did it... accidentally of course. after all, she was just trying to clean it, and it went off.