5 year old accidentally shoots himself with father’s gun
Posted May 4th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.chicagotribune.comThe parents of a 5 year old Chicago boy who shot himself in the head, are being charged with a misdemeanor for having an unregistered firearm in the house and putting a child in danger.
MT says, “A misdemeanor?!? Shouldn’t this be a felony??!”
The parents of a 5-year-old South Side boy critically wounded when he accidently shot himself in the head Saturday evening have been charged with endangering the life and health of a child, a misdemeaner, Chicago police said early Sunday.
Cortney Rodgers Sr., 26, the boy’s father, and his mother, Dorothy Hayden, 27, of the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue, are scheduled to appear in court on the charges May 19. Rodgers also has been charged with violating the state’s registration laws for firearms owners, also a misdemeaner.