10 year-old girl accidentally kills younger sister

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BATANGAS CITY, Philippines—A 10-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her younger sister while they were playing “baril-barilan” or “cops and robbers” at their home in Lipa City, Batangas, police said Saturday.
Superintendent Alexander Mariano, Lipa City police chief, said that at about 2 p.m. on Friday, the sisters Rea, 5, and Rica, 10, (not their real names) were playing in the bedroom while their parents were busy at the kitchen.
Rica took the shotgun from under the bed, aimed and pulled the trigger, hitting Rea on the head.
Eduardo, the common-law husband of the girls’ mother and father of Rea, rushed to the bedroom when he heard the shot and found Rea lifeless on the bed.
Mariano said Rica has been turned over to the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the city while the case was being investigated.
Under existing child welfare laws, minors involved in crimes have no criminal liability but have to be turned over to the DSWD for processing and counseling.
Rea’s father, however, will be made liable for the unlicensed firearm that the children found, said Mariano.
He added the police would recommend charging the father with illegal possession of firearms since the 12-gauge Winchester shotgun was not licensed.
He said the police also still had to establish who owned the shotgun as the children’s family was simply renting the house. But since the weapon was found in Eduardo’s domicile and under his bed, appropriate charges would have to be filed against him, said Mariano.

10 year-old girl accidentally kills younger sister | Inquirer News

[brandnewbien]

wah baonga shotgun pa jd. pwerti jud bungkaga sa olo ani

[nealotol]

kini sad ang amahan aning bataa.. kabalo man ta siya nga dilikado na ang armas iya pa jud gi pasayasaya ug butang, iya ta tong gitaguan ug kanang dili makit an sa mga bata.. ni resulta na hinoon.. condolence..

[DeLEnD]

Pareho ra ni diri sa Cebu dugay na, nga gipusil sa bata iyang manghod ba to o magulang kay gisundog ang salida nga robocop. Lesson to learn for anybody who own a guns, "ALWAYS BE A RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNER!!!!" The life you save maybe your own.

[phil8s]

tsk2x..dapat gyd unta ghipos ug firearm. naa mani code dapat. liable gyd ang father ani..nya unlicensed p gyd .

[Sand Man]

RIP to the poor kid.

And that f*ckhead of a common-law father should rot in prison. It's fine if you want to own a gun pero better be prepared to put up with the responsibilities that come along with it.

Ngano gibutang man ang shotgun ilawm sa katre na maabot ra sa bata? I'm not sure if kadaug ba ang 10-year old ug cock ug shotgun, otherwise it was loaded with one shell in the chamber. Shotguns are long and unwieldy for a 10-year old... so this had to be the sawed-off version.

OK, granted daghan tingaling kawatan sa ilaha or naay mga akyat-bahay gang so murag gituyo niya ug butang daan ang isa ka bala sa chamber -- "ready to fire".

But why wasn't the safety engaged??

[bofox44]

Madaog na diay sa 10 year old GIRL ang shotgun?? FIRE and AIM it to be exact..

[v-heng]

sala gyud to sa amahan... dapat gihipos niya ang pusil...

[PEDR0]

lami-a pamalikas diri oy.... B###T and amahan ani ..kabalo nga delikado kaayo ang pusil, wala pod taronga ug hipos!mag lagot jud kog balita nga ingon ani ..all about stupidity!!

[hayden]

It's impossible to believe. Imo paman na i-cock ang shotgun before firing, maglisud ug kablit sa trigger ang 10 yo nga batang babae ana, much more sustain the recoil after firing. The story is a cover up of what really happened.