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Teenager shot in head at gun show
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Teenager shot in head at gun show
The Associated Press
7/15/02 2:54 AM
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- A weekend outing for a father and son visiting Georgia ended abruptly when the 13-year-old Alabama boy was shot in the head during a gun show Sunday.
Stephen King, of Prattville, Ala., remained in critical condition early Monday after a single bullet from a handgun struck him in his right eye and lodged in his brain, officials said. He was taken to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta, where he underwent surgery.
"The doctors didn't think his condition would change throughout the night," hospital spokeswoman Allison Holliday said.
Police said he and his father, Anthony Grant, were attending the gun show from Montgomery, Ala. The shooting happened around noon Sunday at the Eastman Gun Show at the North Atlanta Trade Center in Gwinnett County.
Grant, 38, said his son was standing on his left side and facing a vendor's counter when the gun was fired. It was unclear how the shooting happened or whose gun, a .38 caliber revolver, was involved.
"We were looking at holsters. I was reaching to get money out of my pocket when the shot went off," Grant told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "There were all kinds of people behind the counter. I was looking down, so I didn't see anything."
A day earlier, the two had enjoyed a trip to Whitewater Park and were looking forward to the gun show, which attracted hundreds and ended Sunday.
Gwinnett County police spokesman Ray Dunlap said police were considering the possibility of charges, but he would not say what specific charges or against whom. Officials said loaded guns are not allowed at gun shows, except for those carried by police officers or security guards.
Vendors also are allowed to carry loaded handguns for protection but they cannot display them on a table or let customers handle them, authorities said.
"All we know for sure is it was an accidental discharge of a handgun," Dunlap said. "At this point, we don't know if it was a vendor's gun, but it was not a gun being exhibited on a table."
The vendor running the booth where the boy was shot later complained of chest pains and was examined by paramedics, but he did not need to be hospitalized.
He was questioned by detectives, Dunlap said.
http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?j8472_BC_GA--GunShowShooting&&news&newsflash-al
Copyright 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
The Associated Press
7/15/02 2:54 AM
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- A weekend outing for a father and son visiting Georgia ended abruptly when the 13-year-old Alabama boy was shot in the head during a gun show Sunday.
Stephen King, of Prattville, Ala., remained in critical condition early Monday after a single bullet from a handgun struck him in his right eye and lodged in his brain, officials said. He was taken to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta, where he underwent surgery.
"The doctors didn't think his condition would change throughout the night," hospital spokeswoman Allison Holliday said.
Police said he and his father, Anthony Grant, were attending the gun show from Montgomery, Ala. The shooting happened around noon Sunday at the Eastman Gun Show at the North Atlanta Trade Center in Gwinnett County.
Grant, 38, said his son was standing on his left side and facing a vendor's counter when the gun was fired. It was unclear how the shooting happened or whose gun, a .38 caliber revolver, was involved.
"We were looking at holsters. I was reaching to get money out of my pocket when the shot went off," Grant told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "There were all kinds of people behind the counter. I was looking down, so I didn't see anything."
A day earlier, the two had enjoyed a trip to Whitewater Park and were looking forward to the gun show, which attracted hundreds and ended Sunday.
Gwinnett County police spokesman Ray Dunlap said police were considering the possibility of charges, but he would not say what specific charges or against whom. Officials said loaded guns are not allowed at gun shows, except for those carried by police officers or security guards.
Vendors also are allowed to carry loaded handguns for protection but they cannot display them on a table or let customers handle them, authorities said.
"All we know for sure is it was an accidental discharge of a handgun," Dunlap said. "At this point, we don't know if it was a vendor's gun, but it was not a gun being exhibited on a table."
The vendor running the booth where the boy was shot later complained of chest pains and was examined by paramedics, but he did not need to be hospitalized.
He was questioned by detectives, Dunlap said.
http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?j8472_BC_GA--GunShowShooting&&news&newsflash-al
Copyright 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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