TRAGIC: Boy, Shot Dead By His 4-Yr-Old Brother With His Parent’s Loaded Handgun

Date: 10-12-2012 7:30 am (11 years ago) | Author: franel
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«§» 10 December 2012

A four-year-old who shot dead his two-year-old brother with a handgun as they played in their parents’ bedroom found the loaded weapon stored behind a pillow by the bed, it has emerged.

Neegnco Xiong was playing with his siblings while their mother cleaned downstairs at their Minneapolis home on Wednesday, when his parents heard a loud bang.

They ran upstairs to find the youngster lying on his front, shaking and struggling to breathe. His family and paramedics tried to give him CPR, but he died in the ambulance on the way to hospital.



His father, Kao Xiong, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he had bought the gun for safety after a series of nearby break-ins and had thought the gun was adequately hidden in the room.

‘My heart is broke,’ Xiong, 33, said. ‘This changes my life. I can’t imagine this terrible thing would happen to me. I wish I would be a new person.’

The couple has not been charged in what police branded a ‘horrible accident‘ but it is illegal in Minnesota to store a loaded firearm where a child can access it.

Police will present their investigation to the Hennepin County attorney, who will decide how to proceed. The couple’s three other sons have been temporarily places in child protective custody.

Xiong, who works as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, said he first acquired a gun seven or eight years ago for his own protection after someone broke into his house while he was home.

And last year, he bought a semi-automatic Tokarev pistol for safety and would often carry it with him when he went jogging late at night following nearby car break-ins and a shooting.

He said the gun was behind the headboard in his room, while other guns in the home were locked away.

After the boy was taken away in the ambulance and officers stayed with the parents, Xiong said he turned to his four-year-old son and said: ‘Why did you do this to your brother? He’s dead.’

The boy was crying, as was the officer, he said. But he added that he knows it was not his son’s fault and hopes he cannot remember the incident.

Police questioned the couple of Wednesday and the children were expected to be returned home on Thursday, the Star Tribune reported.

Minneapolis police Sergeant William Palmer called the shooting ‘a horrible accident‘ and released a statement calling on gun owners to safely store weapons, especially if they have children.

‘The Minneapolis Police Department wants to remind everyone who has a firearm in their home that it is their responsibility to lock up firearms to prevent tragic accidents from occurring,’ he said.

He added to Twincities.com: ‘Very clearly, a four-year-old should never have access to a firearm, loaded or unloaded.’

Minnesota law states that a four-year-old cannot be charged with a crime.


Posted: at 10-12-2012 07:30 AM (11 years ago) | Hero
- ela214 at 10-12-2012 08:22 AM (11 years ago)
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chei tragedy,it was a mistake,but the gun must have been carelessly kept 4 the boy to ascess it.na this kind tin dey make them collect ur pikin from u 4 life
Posted: at 10-12-2012 08:22 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- winace at 10-12-2012 11:46 AM (11 years ago)
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Carelessness of some parent
Posted: at 10-12-2012 11:46 AM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- micc at 10-12-2012 01:05 PM (11 years ago)
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What will dey do now
Posted: at 10-12-2012 01:05 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- nonsovin at 11-12-2012 11:34 AM (11 years ago)
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 Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
Posted: at 11-12-2012 11:34 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ezchusa at 11-12-2012 11:37 AM (11 years ago)
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shey na like this we go dey dey?

Posted: at 11-12-2012 11:37 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dizhadah at 11-12-2012 11:40 AM (11 years ago)
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very sad.
Posted: at 11-12-2012 11:40 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- bestbuky at 11-12-2012 11:41 AM (11 years ago)
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 Sad
Posted: at 11-12-2012 11:41 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- stikerxxx at 11-12-2012 11:57 AM (11 years ago)
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 Sad too bad. R.I.P
Posted: at 11-12-2012 11:57 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Vikye4real at 11-12-2012 12:04 PM (11 years ago)
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Quote from: bestbuky on 11-12-2012 11:41 AM
Sad
RIP dear boi

Posted: at 11-12-2012 12:04 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie
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- HOPEA23 at 11-12-2012 12:11 PM (11 years ago)
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Sad

Posted: at 11-12-2012 12:11 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- aso4life1 at 11-12-2012 12:20 PM (11 years ago)
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carelessness Shocked Shocked Shocked

Posted: at 11-12-2012 12:20 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- mary11 at 11-12-2012 12:23 PM (11 years ago)
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See what carelessness has cos d family
Rip little baby

Posted: at 11-12-2012 12:23 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- chicco77 at 11-12-2012 12:37 PM (11 years ago)
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see wahala RIP BOY
Posted: at 11-12-2012 12:37 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- antiah at 11-12-2012 12:47 PM (11 years ago)
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 ???If you know your children character don't tempt them .knowing this generation .RIP
Posted: at 11-12-2012 12:47 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie
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- lanudja at 11-12-2012 02:16 PM (11 years ago)
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Carelessness of d highest order...
Posted: at 11-12-2012 02:16 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- annastacie at 11-12-2012 02:26 PM (11 years ago)
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 Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry  ife ne me
Posted: at 11-12-2012 02:26 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- brooklyn312 at 11-12-2012 02:47 PM (11 years ago)
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sorry  Wink
Posted: at 11-12-2012 02:47 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- paulohking at 11-12-2012 03:00 PM (11 years ago)
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too bad, thought na tae pwaae do chinco sabi  do?
Posted: at 11-12-2012 03:00 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- moriztuos at 11-12-2012 03:09 PM (11 years ago)
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 Cry Cry Cry Cry
Posted: at 11-12-2012 03:09 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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