A little girl was fighting for her life early Monday after she was shot outside a Halloween party by a relative who mistook her costume for a skunk.
Police in western Pennsylvania's New Sewickley Township said the 9-year-old girl was dressed in black with a black hat for the Saturday evening party.
As the two to three dozen guests milled about, the girl went to hide on the edge of a hill.
It was past 8 p.m. and the sun had long set. A relative spotted the dark figure in the distance, mistook it for a skunk and fired his shotgun, said Officer Greg Carney with the township police.
The girl was hit in the neck, back and arm - and flown to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, about 30 miles away. There, she remained in the intensive care unit, Carney said.
Police will determine later Monday whether they will charge the shooter, whom they did not name. Nor did they say how he was related to the girl.
They did add, however, that the man had not been drinking.
Edited by oldhag58 on October 22 2012 16:10
I feel so sorry for the girl. It was her cousin who shot her. But I kept wondering how old the child was. When she saw a gun pointed at her why didn't she speak up?
How far was that tree. Could the girl still hear the rest of group? When the adults see the dark figure and start talking about it...
No. But I don't think that thread exists anymore. It should be under "crime in the news". It was a thread naggy originally started I think, or at least contributed to a lot.
ah yes, so we do, and just in case you're referring to my post, sorry, i forgot about it. would move it but can't move comments so unless you wanna do that it'll just have to stay put
