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Police Officer's 2-year-old accidentally killed
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2-year-old accidentally killed in home
The home on Bulls Bay Drive.
By MATTHEW JONES, The Virginian-Pilot
c August 27, 2002
VIRGINIA BEACH -- A police officer's 2-year-old son died early Monday morning, shot by the gun his mother had grabbed earlier to protect them after hearing noises around their new home.
Police and paramedics were called to the home in the 5400 block of Bulls Bay Drive after receiving a 911 call about 1:10 a.m., said police spokeswoman Janine Hall.
Upon arrival, they found Carlos Sanyer Jr. with a gunshot wound to his chest. Paramedics took the boy to the trauma center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he later died.
According to a preliminary report, Hall said, the child's mother heard noises and grabbed the handgun. The child's father, a Beach police officer, was away on duty.
Later, mother and son fell asleep upstairs in bed as they awaited the father's return. At some point, the gun went off, striking the boy.
THE SHOOTING
Carlos Sanyer Jr., the son of a Virginia Beach police officer, died of a gunshot wound suffered at the family's home, left. The child's mother had earlier grabbed a handgun after hearing noises around their home. She and the child fell asleep and, at some point, the gun went off.
THE VICTIM
The boy suffered a gunshot wound to his chest. Paramedics took him to the trauma center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he died. The Virginia Beach Police Department's homicide squad is investigating the shooting.
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The department's homicide squad is investigating the shooting, with Detective Brian Seabold as lead investigator. Police did not release the officer's name Monday.
The home sits in a brand-new neighborhood full of houses in various stages of completion. He and his family had lived in their home for only about a week.
Dallas Stoneburner, who lives across the street, said he had met the officer's wife briefly. On Sunday, he'd seen the boy and his father in their driveway, washing their car.
Stoneburner has a 2-year-old son himself, and he and his wife are expecting their second child any day now. They were excited to have a potential playmate for their boy, Scott.
As for neighborhood safety, Stoneburner said he'd heard of an incident last week in which a man had been spotted jumping a nearby fence and police had been called.
He's also concerned about the crime farther up nearby Baker Road. As a result, he beefed up his home's security system shortly after moving in.
Stoneburner said his wife told him she'd heard a noise early Monday morning. Whether it could have been someone outside, or the gunshot across the street, she couldn't be sure.
Standing in his driveway Monday afternoon with Scott in his arms, Stoneburner looked across the road to the officer's home.
He couldn't help but reflect on the sad irony of his neighbor's situation.
``It would be devastating,'' he said.
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"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 home on Bulls Bay Drive.
By MATTHEW JONES, The Virginian-Pilot
c August 27, 2002
VIRGINIA BEACH -- A police officer's 2-year-old son died early Monday morning, shot by the gun his mother had grabbed earlier to protect them after hearing noises around their new home.
Police and paramedics were called to the home in the 5400 block of Bulls Bay Drive after receiving a 911 call about 1:10 a.m., said police spokeswoman Janine Hall.
Upon arrival, they found Carlos Sanyer Jr. with a gunshot wound to his chest. Paramedics took the boy to the trauma center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he later died.
According to a preliminary report, Hall said, the child's mother heard noises and grabbed the handgun. The child's father, a Beach police officer, was away on duty.
Later, mother and son fell asleep upstairs in bed as they awaited the father's return. At some point, the gun went off, striking the boy.
THE SHOOTING
Carlos Sanyer Jr., the son of a Virginia Beach police officer, died of a gunshot wound suffered at the family's home, left. The child's mother had earlier grabbed a handgun after hearing noises around their home. She and the child fell asleep and, at some point, the gun went off.
THE VICTIM
The boy suffered a gunshot wound to his chest. Paramedics took him to the trauma center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he died. The Virginia Beach Police Department's homicide squad is investigating the shooting.
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The department's homicide squad is investigating the shooting, with Detective Brian Seabold as lead investigator. Police did not release the officer's name Monday.
The home sits in a brand-new neighborhood full of houses in various stages of completion. He and his family had lived in their home for only about a week.
Dallas Stoneburner, who lives across the street, said he had met the officer's wife briefly. On Sunday, he'd seen the boy and his father in their driveway, washing their car.
Stoneburner has a 2-year-old son himself, and he and his wife are expecting their second child any day now. They were excited to have a potential playmate for their boy, Scott.
As for neighborhood safety, Stoneburner said he'd heard of an incident last week in which a man had been spotted jumping a nearby fence and police had been called.
He's also concerned about the crime farther up nearby Baker Road. As a result, he beefed up his home's security system shortly after moving in.
Stoneburner said his wife told him she'd heard a noise early Monday morning. Whether it could have been someone outside, or the gunshot across the street, she couldn't be sure.
Standing in his driveway Monday afternoon with Scott in his arms, Stoneburner looked across the road to the officer's home.
He couldn't help but reflect on the sad irony of his neighbor's situation.
``It would be devastating,'' he said.
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0827acc.html
Reach Matthew Jones at 222-5150 or at
"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