What the HELL is an 8 year old doin’ in a car with a loaded BB gun?
You’ll put an eye out with that thing! (sorry)
A teenager who was accidentally shot in the eye with a BB gun by an 8-year-old has died from his injuries, Tampa police said.
Family friends identified the teen as 17-year-old Ivan Johnson, CNN affiliate Bay News 9 reported.
Johnson was riding in the front passenger seat of an adult male friend’s car on February 1 with the driver’s 8-year-old son and 10-year-old stepson riding in the back, police said. The driver got out of the car to use an ATM.
The 8-year-old accidentally discharged a loaded Daisy 800 BB/pellet rifle while attempting to move it and shot Johnson in the left eye, according to the police.
The teen was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died from his injuries on February 4, police said.
“Never as a grandmother did I expect to bury a grandchild……… Let alone one of my children, but this is my grandbaby.”
Norine Wafford
Grandmother
A GoFundMe page has been setup for the victim’s family to help pay for funeral arrangements.
Florida teen died after he was accidentally shot by an 8-year-old in the eye with a BB gun
Calamity Jane