http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/domestic-dispute-ends-in-fatal-shooting-of-6?ref=fpb
A Knox County, Tenn. couple face charges in the fatal shooting of their 6-month-old child, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported Thursday.
Ken Mason, 40, and Angela Major, 26, have been charged with reckless homicide, according to court records. A friend who was on the phone with Major at the time of the incident heard the couple struggling over a gun, which then went off and hit their daughter Kelsey in the head, according to an arrest warrant.
the argument about accountability is a valid one, if the gun were not present this tragedy would not be a reality. if friend is right and they were fighting over the gun to what end both wanting to kill one another or one defending themselves. obviously their parental status was questionable, but we get hung up in these 6 in one hand half dozen in the other, then the reality gets talked down. the gun was there it was the instrument of death maybe not the intended one but a life none the less.
The court records showed that Major had a prior criminal history in the county, while a Knox County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said the father, Mason, was originally arrested on an outstanding warrant for "failing to obey court orders."
wonder where the gun came from?
