If it happened as reported, another preventable tragedy. I wonder how long it will take Clinton/Gore to jump on this one.
STORY
Aunt: Girl, 4, finds gun, kills self
A Lawrenceville woman heard a gunshot in her home Friday evening, and found that her 4-year-old niece had been fatally shot, police said.
The child's three young cousins were also at the home when Antoinette Mone Jackson found a loaded handgun in the bedroom of her aunt, Gwinnett County Police spokesman George Gilson said.
Mary C. Hutcherson, 36, the child's aunt and legal guardian, told police the girl accidentally shot herself.
The shooting occurred about 5:30 p.m. at 2240 Camptown Way.
Investigators were still trying to determine Friday where the gun was being kept in the bedroom. Authorities did not release information about where she suffered her injuries.
Antoinette was rushed by ambulance to Gwinnett Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, said an emotional Gilson.
"You'll have to excuse me," Gilson said, as he began to choke up. "It's tough."
An uncle of the child, Milton Sanders, came to the scene after receiving a call from his brother about the shooting.
His brother told him, "It was an accident in the house. My niece was shot. . . . She didn't make it," Sanders said.
A woman leaned on the railing on the front porch of the two-story brick home, located in the neatly manicured and shrub-lined Waterford Downs subdivision. She covered her face with her hands as detectives interviewed the family inside. The oldest child is 7, authorities said.
"It's a nice family," said neighbor Tim White, 45.
White, a post office employee, was at the neighborhood swimming pool and heard the sirens and thought it was just another wreck.
He and several other neighbors including small children gathered on the fringes of the yellow crime tape to watch the investigation unfold.
"Everyone in here is quiet, to themselves, but neighborly," White said.
© 2000 Cox Interactive Media
STORY
Aunt: Girl, 4, finds gun, kills self
A Lawrenceville woman heard a gunshot in her home Friday evening, and found that her 4-year-old niece had been fatally shot, police said.
The child's three young cousins were also at the home when Antoinette Mone Jackson found a loaded handgun in the bedroom of her aunt, Gwinnett County Police spokesman George Gilson said.
Mary C. Hutcherson, 36, the child's aunt and legal guardian, told police the girl accidentally shot herself.
The shooting occurred about 5:30 p.m. at 2240 Camptown Way.
Investigators were still trying to determine Friday where the gun was being kept in the bedroom. Authorities did not release information about where she suffered her injuries.
Antoinette was rushed by ambulance to Gwinnett Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, said an emotional Gilson.
"You'll have to excuse me," Gilson said, as he began to choke up. "It's tough."
An uncle of the child, Milton Sanders, came to the scene after receiving a call from his brother about the shooting.
His brother told him, "It was an accident in the house. My niece was shot. . . . She didn't make it," Sanders said.
A woman leaned on the railing on the front porch of the two-story brick home, located in the neatly manicured and shrub-lined Waterford Downs subdivision. She covered her face with her hands as detectives interviewed the family inside. The oldest child is 7, authorities said.
"It's a nice family," said neighbor Tim White, 45.
White, a post office employee, was at the neighborhood swimming pool and heard the sirens and thought it was just another wreck.
He and several other neighbors including small children gathered on the fringes of the yellow crime tape to watch the investigation unfold.
"Everyone in here is quiet, to themselves, but neighborly," White said.
© 2000 Cox Interactive Media