Mom Shoots Toddler in the Forehead, Killing Him

AlphaCoyote · Oct 7, 2012

Slatington police investigating fatal shooting of 19-month-old - mcall.com

Trying to empty a gun so she could sell it, mom accidentally fires the gun, hitting her 19 month old son in the forehead with a .44 while he was lying in his crib. She's been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Stupid people like this are a greater threat to our gun rights than politicians are.

Stomper · Oct 7, 2012

Ahhh, Geez. That poor little guy.

Benny503 · Oct 7, 2012

Anything can happen when drug involve

Dunerunner · Oct 7, 2012

Terrible!! Proof again that People, are always on the dangerous end of weapons. I feel for the families involved...

Hook686 · Oct 7, 2012

A $200 .44 could not be much of a gun. It had to be a revolver. Now how does one accidently fire a revolver ?

Sgt Nambu · Oct 7, 2012

Poor little guy! This just sucks! I hope that we don't hear the "mothers suffered enough" sentencing! Put her where she has a chance to get streight.

slingshot1943 · Oct 7, 2012

Drugs are responsible for nearly all our ills, but it means employment for lawyers and law enforcement.

mjbskwim · Oct 7, 2012

Stomper said:
Ahhh, Geez. That poor little guy.

Unfortunately,this may have been the easy way out for the poor kid.Imagine what his future was to be with a mother like that.
Then they're going to do an autopsy.I guess the hole in his head wasn't enough proof what the cause was? Just bury the little guy.

Wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't so much of an accident. Kids do cut into drug money

Flopsweat · Oct 8, 2012

Hook686 said:
A $200 .44 could not be much of a gun. It had to be a revolver. Now how does one accidently fire a revolver ?

Well, $200 was what a doper was trying to get for the gun. Who knows what it was actually worth... She did say that she "did not know about guns". Or I guess it could have been stolen. Stolen guns go pretty cheap, right?

You can accidentally fire a revolver while decocking it.

Pallone told police she took the gun from the shelf to prepare to sell it, and while sitting on her bed next to the crib, she tried to unload it. As she was trying to remove the bullets, she apparently caught the hammer and the gun discharged, according to court records.

I'm picturing her pawing at a single action, trying to figure out how to open it as you would a typical double action, and pulling the hammer 3/4 of the way back before it slips. Or she could have been trying all of the controls on a semi-auto, hoping to release the magazine, and pulled the hammer back. Regardless, if she didn't know how to operate it she should never have fiddled with it. Guess she knows why now. Terrible.