TX - Daniel Galicia, 7, shot to death, Hays County, 10 April 2007

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Stray Bullet Kills Boy on Trampoline in Texas; Man Arrested

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,265287,00.html

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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AUSTIN, Texas

A 7-year-old boy jumping on a trampoline with friends was killed by a stray bullet, and a man living two houses away was arrested, authorities said. The boy was playing with four or five other children Tuesday night in a back yard near Uhland when they heard gunshots, Hays County sheriff's spokesman Leroy Opiela said. He said the boy, whose name was not released, was hit in the back and died shortly after reaching an Austin hospital.
Deputies searched the neighborhood after the shooting and arrested Jose Barrera Espitia, who lives two houses from where the boy was playing, authorities said.
They found a .22-caliber rifle they believe was the source of the shot, though it wasn't clear why Espitia would have been firing the gun.
Espitia, 37, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter. No bail was immediately set.
Uhland is a small community of about 400 residents 25 miles south of Austin.
 
Stray Bullet Kills Boy on Trampoline in Texas; Man Arrested

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,265287,00.html

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
service_ap_36.gif


AUSTIN, Texas

A 7-year-old boy jumping on a trampoline with friends was killed by a stray bullet, and a man living two houses away was arrested, authorities said. The boy was playing with four or five other children Tuesday night in a back yard near Uhland when they heard gunshots, Hays County sheriff's spokesman Leroy Opiela said. He said the boy, whose name was not released, was hit in the back and died shortly after reaching an Austin hospital.
Deputies searched the neighborhood after the shooting and arrested Jose Barrera Espitia, who lives two houses from where the boy was playing, authorities said.
They found a .22-caliber rifle they believe was the source of the shot, though it wasn't clear why Espitia would have been firing the gun.
Espitia, 37, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter. No bail was immediately set.
Uhland is a small community of about 400 residents 25 miles south of Austin.

Things like this make me feel so sad and angry. Jumping on the trampoline...what pure, fun childhood innocence...between things like this and child abductors playtime is no longer as carefree as it used to be.
 
People don't realize that just because a bullet disapears out of the gun that it doesn't cease to exist. It has to go "somewhere". Just like if you shot into the air, it has to come down. That's just common sense. Can someone pass out the manual for common sense please?
 
EXACTLY, mama. Bring it to the shooting range. That's why you can't just go shooting in your yard! :bang:

MG
 
Jose Barrera Espitia

Housed: Stevenson
Sentence Date: 07/02/2008

Offense: 2nd Degree Manslaughter
Sentence: 8 years

Minimum Date: 04/10/2015
Maximum Date: 04/10/2015
 
8 years, that's it? You can't tell me that a 37 year old man didn't know what he was doing. I'll bet he just thought he could get away with it. I never believe anything other than he was aiming that gun at that child.
 

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