Philipsburg:--- The police have arrested the step father of the six year old girl who was shot Sunday night by her younger brother in Garden of Eden, Dutch Quarter. SMN News learnt that police are trying to piece together exactly how the shooting occurred because it appears as though the mother of the child has given police conflicting information. A source close to the family said the two children were fighting and the younger brother took up a hunting rifle that his step father has in the house and shot his sister in her face. It is understood that the mother of the two children was trying to cover up the incident when she told both medical personnel and police that the child accidentally shot herself. The source said that the doctors confronted the mother because the six year girl received the gunshot in the frontal area of her face which could not have happened if she accidentally shot herself, it is also understood that the mother claimed she was not at home when the incident occurred but it later turned out that she was cooking when the shooting took place.
SMN News further understands that the child's step father turned himself in at the Police Station on Sunday evening when he learned of the incident. The source said that the gun (hunting rifle) belongs to the man's father who is blind. They said because elderly man is blind his son took the weapon to his home because he believed it would have been in a safer place.
Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos confirmed that someone was arrested and that the weapon is a hunting rifle. Mos said owners of such weapons must have a firearm license.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 December 2011 21:54 )
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12-12-2011 14:02 |Unregistered| VAN
It is obvious that a 6 year old cannot shot herself in the face with a hunting rifle unless she has extra long arms.
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12-12-2011 14:48 |Unregistered| love
Why would the mother try to cover up somthing like this and they are her children . If he had shot mine what the hell would she have done drag the body in bush. This young boy needs help and if she dont get him the help he needs she will live to regret it. What happens when she corrects him and he don't agree . I do pray the little girl recovers and the mother see her mistake in what she was about to allow happen to both her kids
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12-12-2011 16:18 |Unregistered| mechanicman
So is it a hunting rifle or a pellet gun? A big difference...
.i am believing that police report states a pellet gun....which of course must be illegal in this crazy dutch side where they make speargun illegal and would even want to make a flaregun illegal if they could.
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12-12-2011 16:20 |Unregistered| Janice
If you read the story here last night it said a gun. They never said pellet gun. As usual the newspapers dont investigate they steal the news.
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12-12-2011 17:11 |Unregistered| Hmm
Parents who covers up for their children, harbors young criminals. later as he grow older and start to use drugs she would cover it up as well and said it sick the boy sick in his head and is under medication,
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12-12-2011 18:28 |Unregistered| kmt!
How the child knew where to find the gun. That goes to show how careless the parents are. The sister is 6yrs old and her younger brother were fighting and he took the gun and shot to kill, This little boy is a future hitler. The step father took the rifle from his blind father for safe keeping. Really!! The man is blind....
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12-12-2011 18:42 |Unregistered| different strokes?
In the other case with the flare gun, the father was not arrested. Why is Mos arresting in this case?
Are you busy with different strokes for different folks, Mos?
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13-12-2011 00:30 |Unregistered| Shooz
@different strokes:
In the other case the father was arrested and released shortly after.
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