Florida 10-year-old shot after man returns paintball fire with real gunfire

[Satanica]

MIAMI (AP) — Thinking his home was under attack, a Florida homeowner shot and wounded a 10-year-old whose father had driven him to participate in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun, police said.

Michael Williams, 26, told Opa-locka police his son begged him to drive by a home where young people were gathered Sunday night so he could fire his paintball out the window, according to a police report released Tuesday.

Williams drove by the home as his son fired off several rounds, police said. The homeowner confused the paintball for real gunfire, telling police he thought his family was being attacked. He fired one shot, which struck the child. The boy then lost his balance and was run over by his father’s vehicle, police said.

No additional details on the child’s injuries or condition were released.
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Florida 10-year-old shot after man returns paintball fire with real gunfire

Thinking his home was under attack, a Florida homeowner shot and wounded a 10-year-old whose father had driven him to participate in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun, police said.

nbc-2.com

 

[Sejanus]

Father and son bonding, the Florida Way!
I will probably get crucified for the following...

The kid learning a lesson that perhaps his father should have taught him.
Instead the sperm donor was busy showing his kid how to grow up to be a criminal scumball.
The only real tragic part of this story is that the driver, wingman, accessory to the crime didn't take a bullet as well.

Potential retaliators may want to take note of the address and the homeowner and put it on the do not attack list.
This was absolutely castle doctrine at its finest.

Stories like this are so very DD worthy and illustrate exactly what the site should be about!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@Satanica

Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Freyja]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[Brillig]

He fired one shot, which struck the child. The boy then lost his balance and was run over by his father’s vehicle, police said.

Talk about instant karma.

 

[Satanica]

There should be some sort of sentence enhancement for parents who have obviously groomed their child(ren) for committing crimes from a young age, thereby most likely ruining their chance for any kind of success in life. You know, just the opposite of what parents are supposed to do.