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[Howey]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. — A southwest Missouri prosecutor will not file charges against a man who shot a 4-year-old girl to death while he was target shooting.

Christian County Prosecutor Amy Fite said she decided not to file charges against the man, whose name has not been released, after reviewing statements in sheriff’s department documents, the Springfield News-Leader reported.

The documents indicate the man did not know that the child, Zoie Dougan, of Branson, was in front of him when he fired a rifle Oct. 28 at a home near Rogersville. Records show the man was not drinking, was distraught after the shooting, and said he had not seen the child when he fired the shot, according to the documents.

Zoie’s mother, who was present at the scene, also told investigators she believed the shooting was an accident and that the man should not be punished.

The deputies’ reports, the first public records released in the shooting, indicate Zoie and her mother, Alyssa Dougan, were visiting friends at the house and were outside when a man who lived there decided to shoot at items in a burn pile in order to prepare a rifle for squirrel hunting. He aimed at a bottle about 70 feet away, keeping one eye closed while he focused, according to the reports.

The women told investigators that Zoie and another girl were running toward a swing set in the yard about the same time. The area in the yard where Zoie was shot was between the shed and the swing set.

The man said he fired one shot, then heard one of the women yell, “What was that?” He turned around and saw both women running to the area where he had just fired, the reports say. He then saw Zoie lying on the ground.

“(The man) said he never saw Zoie enter his sight picture as he looked through the scope,” the report says.

Alyssa Dougan told investigators she saw her daughter in the grass and ran over when the girl didn’t respond to her calls.

When deputies arrived, they reported Alyssa Dougan was crying and saying, “This can’t be real” and “Why?”

The reports say she also told deputies, “Don’t let (the man) get in trouble, it was an accident.”

Emergency personnel reported Zoie was unconscious and struggling to breathe when they arrived. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

“(The man) was crying and emotionally upset as he described the chain of events, claiming it was a complete accident,” the report said.

He also told officers he knew shooting at that location “wasn’t good judgment. I understand that.”

 

[ScienceRocks]

This is really sad Poor girl....

This guy should be lined up against a wall and shot.

 

[Moonglow]

The next largest deaths to children in this area next to guns is four wheelers..

 

[KevinWestern]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

Sort of a dishonest OP with your "get away with murder" comment because it's intensely clear this was an accident. A horrible accident, but clearly not intentional.

If you run over a person in a car by accident, and you were not drinking or driving recklessly, you ALSO will not be charged with murder.

It's OK to be anti-gun, but when you're dishonest you diminish the credibility of all who back your position.

 

[Yurt]

howey doesn't care about her death, only that a gun was involved

more children die in car accidents than gun accidents and howey never talks about those deaths.

 

[Kondor3]

No local-yokel law against discharging a firearm outdoors in a residential area?

Waddya want from Bum F--k Egypt?

 

[Yurt]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

Sort of a dishonest OP with your "get away with murder" comment because it's intensely clear this was an accident. A horrible accident, but clearly not intentional.

If you run over a person in a car by accident, and you were not drinking or driving recklessly, you ALSO will not be charged with murder.

It's OK to be anti-gun, but when you're dishonest you diminish the credibility of your entire position.

precisely. then again, howey is not known for being truthful.

 

[peach174]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. — A southwest Missouri prosecutor will not file charges against a man who shot a 4-year-old girl to death while he was target shooting.

Christian County Prosecutor Amy Fite said she decided not to file charges against the man, whose name has not been released, after reviewing statements in sheriff’s department documents, the Springfield News-Leader reported.

The documents indicate the man did not know that the child, Zoie Dougan, of Branson, was in front of him when he fired a rifle Oct. 28 at a home near Rogersville. Records show the man was not drinking, was distraught after the shooting, and said he had not seen the child when he fired the shot, according to the documents.

Zoie’s mother, who was present at the scene, also told investigators she believed the shooting was an accident and that the man should not be punished.

The deputies’ reports, the first public records released in the shooting, indicate Zoie and her mother, Alyssa Dougan, were visiting friends at the house and were outside when a man who lived there decided to shoot at items in a burn pile in order to prepare a rifle for squirrel hunting. He aimed at a bottle about 70 feet away, keeping one eye closed while he focused, according to the reports.

The women told investigators that Zoie and another girl were running toward a swing set in the yard about the same time. The area in the yard where Zoie was shot was between the shed and the swing set.

The man said he fired one shot, then heard one of the women yell, “What was that?” He turned around and saw both women running to the area where he had just fired, the reports say. He then saw Zoie lying on the ground.

“(The man) said he never saw Zoie enter his sight picture as he looked through the scope,” the report says.

Alyssa Dougan told investigators she saw her daughter in the grass and ran over when the girl didn’t respond to her calls.

When deputies arrived, they reported Alyssa Dougan was crying and saying, “This can’t be real” and “Why?”

The reports say she also told deputies, “Don’t let (the man) get in trouble, it was an accident.”

Emergency personnel reported Zoie was unconscious and struggling to breathe when they arrived. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

“(The man) was crying and emotionally upset as he described the chain of events, claiming it was a complete accident,” the report said.

He also told officers he knew shooting at that location “wasn’t good judgment. I understand that.”

You need to lean the difference between the meaning of the words Murder and accident.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. — A southwest Missouri prosecutor will not file charges against a man who shot a 4-year-old girl to death while he was target shooting.

Christian County Prosecutor Amy Fite said she decided not to file charges against the man, whose name has not been released, after reviewing statements in sheriff’s department documents, the Springfield News-Leader reported.

The documents indicate the man did not know that the child, Zoie Dougan, of Branson, was in front of him when he fired a rifle Oct. 28 at a home near Rogersville. Records show the man was not drinking, was distraught after the shooting, and said he had not seen the child when he fired the shot, according to the documents.

Zoie’s mother, who was present at the scene, also told investigators she believed the shooting was an accident and that the man should not be punished.

The deputies’ reports, the first public records released in the shooting, indicate Zoie and her mother, Alyssa Dougan, were visiting friends at the house and were outside when a man who lived there decided to shoot at items in a burn pile in order to prepare a rifle for squirrel hunting. He aimed at a bottle about 70 feet away, keeping one eye closed while he focused, according to the reports.

The women told investigators that Zoie and another girl were running toward a swing set in the yard about the same time. The area in the yard where Zoie was shot was between the shed and the swing set.

The man said he fired one shot, then heard one of the women yell, “What was that?” He turned around and saw both women running to the area where he had just fired, the reports say. He then saw Zoie lying on the ground.

“(The man) said he never saw Zoie enter his sight picture as he looked through the scope,” the report says.

Alyssa Dougan told investigators she saw her daughter in the grass and ran over when the girl didn’t respond to her calls.

When deputies arrived, they reported Alyssa Dougan was crying and saying, “This can’t be real” and “Why?”

The reports say she also told deputies, “Don’t let (the man) get in trouble, it was an accident.”

Emergency personnel reported Zoie was unconscious and struggling to breathe when they arrived. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

“(The man) was crying and emotionally upset as he described the chain of events, claiming it was a complete accident,” the report said.

He also told officers he knew shooting at that location “wasn’t good judgment. I understand that.”

yet another thread by the vile degenerate leftist.

but instead of babies, he's using a 4 y/o girl to score pol points.


I feel for the family, it must be horrific and the shooter, I can't imagine how low he feels

 

[Katzndogz]

A man who accidentally shoots a child is a criminal. 8 gang bakers who use a toddler for target practice are misunderstood. A thug intentionally shooting a baby in the head is a well meaning gent who only wanted to save the child from being raised by a white mother.

 

[Andylusion]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

Sort of a dishonest OP with your "get away with murder" comment because it's intensely clear this was an accident. A horrible accident, but clearly not intentional.

If you run over a person in a car by accident, and you were not drinking or driving recklessly, you ALSO will not be charged with murder.

It's OK to be anti-gun, but when you're dishonest you diminish the credibility of all who back your position.

You know, but drowning a girl in the back seat of your car you were driving drunk in after a party in Chappaquiddick.... now that wasn't murder at all....

Leftists are all hypocrites. All of them. A clear case of accident, called murder. But some Leftist Democrap senator with a 28 year old in the back seat, drives her off a bridge, walks home..... never tell anyone until the body is found the next morning.....

Leftists are scum.

 

[Gracie]

It was an accident.
If you hit a pedestrian accidentally, do you take away his car? All cars? Come on. This is ludicrous.

 

[Howey]

You know, but drowning a girl in the back seat of your car you were driving drunk in after a party in Chappaquiddick.... now that wasn't murder at all....

lol...talk about dredging up the past.

 

[Andylusion]

It was an accident.
If you hit a pedestrian accidentally, do you take away his car? All cars? Come on. This is ludicrous.

Using logic. What a novel idea. Any leftist care to try Logic?

 

[Mustang]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. — A southwest Missouri prosecutor will not file charges against a man who shot a 4-year-old girl to death while he was target shooting.

Christian County Prosecutor Amy Fite said she decided not to file charges against the man, whose name has not been released, after reviewing statements in sheriff’s department documents, the Springfield News-Leader reported.

The documents indicate the man did not know that the child, Zoie Dougan, of Branson, was in front of him when he fired a rifle Oct. 28 at a home near Rogersville. Records show the man was not drinking, was distraught after the shooting, and said he had not seen the child when he fired the shot, according to the documents.

Zoie’s mother, who was present at the scene, also told investigators she believed the shooting was an accident and that the man should not be punished.

The deputies’ reports, the first public records released in the shooting, indicate Zoie and her mother, Alyssa Dougan, were visiting friends at the house and were outside when a man who lived there decided to shoot at items in a burn pile in order to prepare a rifle for squirrel hunting. He aimed at a bottle about 70 feet away, keeping one eye closed while he focused, according to the reports.

The women told investigators that Zoie and another girl were running toward a swing set in the yard about the same time. The area in the yard where Zoie was shot was between the shed and the swing set.

The man said he fired one shot, then heard one of the women yell, “What was that?” He turned around and saw both women running to the area where he had just fired, the reports say. He then saw Zoie lying on the ground.

“(The man) said he never saw Zoie enter his sight picture as he looked through the scope,” the report says.

Alyssa Dougan told investigators she saw her daughter in the grass and ran over when the girl didn’t respond to her calls.

When deputies arrived, they reported Alyssa Dougan was crying and saying, “This can’t be real” and “Why?”

The reports say she also told deputies, “Don’t let (the man) get in trouble, it was an accident.”

Emergency personnel reported Zoie was unconscious and struggling to breathe when they arrived. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

“(The man) was crying and emotionally upset as he described the chain of events, claiming it was a complete accident,” the report said.

He also told officers he knew shooting at that location “wasn’t good judgment. I understand that.”

You need to lean the difference between the meaning of the words Murder and accident.

Just because an act which results in death is ruled accidental does not mean that it's automatically not prosecuted or prosecutable as car accidents resulting in death should prove. There IS such a thing as depraved indifference and involuntary manslaughter. Nobody with any sense should be firing a weapon in an area where people are forward of the muzzle of the weapon. Likewise, any adult should not have a child playing in the general area of where a weapon is being discharged.

As for me, as far as I'm concerned, this is at least a case of reckless endangerment resulting in death.

 

[Kondor3]

You know, but drowning a girl in the back seat of your car you were driving drunk in after a party in Chappaquiddick.... now that wasn't murder at all....

lol...talk about dredging up the past.

But, is there a valid point to be found in that past illustration?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Another responsible gun owner who kills a child and gets away with murder!

You need to lean the difference between the meaning of the words Murder and accident.

Just because an act which results in death is ruled accidental does not mean that it's automatically not prosecuted or prosecutable as car accidents resulting in death should prove. There IS such a thing as depraved indifference and involuntary manslaughter. Nobody with any sense should be firing a weapon in an area where people are forward of the muzzle of the weapon. Likewise, any adult should not have a child playing in the general area of where a weapon is being discharged.

As for me, as far as I'm concerned, this is at least a case of reckless endangerment resulting in death.

only b/c they guys a gun owner, otherwise you wouldn't give a fuck, b/c there's no political points to score.


arm chair conviction, you don't know shit about the case, the DA does.

 

[KevinWestern]

As for me, as far as I'm concerned, this is at least a case of reckless endangerment resulting in death.

Eh, none of the parties involved wanted this to happen, both are extremely distressed, sad. What is the point of going after a “reckless endangerment” charge anyways? Do you want to charge the parents of the girl with a crime ON TOP of them losing their child? Don’t think it’s necessary.

It’s an accident… they have to cope and move on…

 

[Howey]

It was an accident.
If you hit a pedestrian accidentally, do you take away his car? All cars? Come on. This is ludicrous.

There are penalties when a driver kills a pedestrian accidentally if it was done carelessly in this manner:

The shooter will not be found legally at fault in the case, although the report indicated that "the direction he was firing the weapon was extremely dangerous" and that his actions were "careless".

Isn't there a charge like "careless discharge of a firearm"?

 

[Howey]

As for me, as far as I'm concerned, this is at least a case of reckless endangerment resulting in death.

Eh, none of the parties involved wanted this to happen, both are extremely distressed, sad. What is the point of going after a “reckless endangerment” charge anyways? Do you want to charge the parents of the girl with a crime ON TOP of them losing their child? Don’t think it’s necessary.

It’s an accident… they have to cope and move on…

Not beating a dead horse or anything, but really?

Just say you're sorry and move on?