On 6/10/13 12:36 PM, jps wrote:

Why not? He asked a question about the gun and then blam! He knew
exactly what he was doing... I wouldn't charge him with 1st degree
because it wasn't premeditated.

Little difference between vigilantes and this kid, they're all
emotionally 4 year olds.


PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) - Police aren't expected to seek charges
in the death of an Arizona man who was accidentally shot by his
4-year-old son, authorities said.

Justin Stanfield Thomas, 35, was fatally shot Friday after he and his
son traveled from Phoenix to a friend's home 90 miles away in the
northern Arizona community of Prescott Valley for a surprise visit.

The boy found the loaded gun in the home within minutes of arrival,
asked a question about it and pulled the trigger, Prescott Valley
Police spokesman Brandon Bonney said.

Thomas later died at a hospital.

The child has been with his mother since the day the shooting
occurred.

Bonney said the gun should have been locked away, but that Thomas'
friend, whose identity hasn't been released, was caught off guard by
the unannounced visit. No children lived in the house.

"They're processing everything to see where they stand with the
interviews and the crime scene investigation and see if everything is
matching up," Bonney told The Prescott Daily Courier.

The paper described Thomas as an Army special forces veteran who
served in Iraq.



Try for relevancy




Vallejo Police Shoot, Kill Armed Man On Boat Docked In Marina
June 5, 2013 5:45 AM

VALLEJO (CBS SF) — Police fatally shot an armed man Tuesday night at a
marina in Vallejo.

At 7:09 p.m., Vallejo police received a report of a loud verbal and
physical altercation inside a boat in the marina at 42 Harbor Way,
police said.

A police officer arrived at the marina to investigate the reported fight
shortly after 8 p.m.

The officer located a male suspect in his 40s on a large live-aboard
boat, police said.

According to police, the suspect pointed a weapon at the officer, and
acting in self-defense, the officer drew his gun and fired at the suspect.

The suspect was transported by ambulance to Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo,
where he died of his injuries, police said.

The man’s identity will be released following notification of next of
kin, police said.

The Vallejo police officer was not injured during the incident and has
been placed on administrative leave in accordance with department procedure.

The shooting was being investigated by the Solano County District
Attorney’s Office and the Vallejo Police Department.