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6-year-old girl, Maliyah Palmer has died after she was accidentally
shot in the head by her 12-year-old brother. Reports say that the
parents were attending a Christmas party when the incident occurred. The
two were reportedly being watched by their 16-year-old brother before
Florissant police responded to the shooting at 11 p.m. The 12-year-old
reportedly found the 9mm pistol inside a dresser in his parent’s bedroom
and fired the gun. “All of the officers who responded to the scene are
mothers and fathers, so you can only imagine how personal it is to see a
child shot in the back of the head. We will have counselors here for a
debriefing hopefully this week to make sure the mental state of our
officers is OK,” Timothy Lowery, the police chief said. Authorities
called the shooting a tragic accident and, according to The
Post-Dispatch, will investigate and turn in evidence to prosecutors.
Authorities said earlier that no charges would be filed. The paper
pointed out that parents have been charged in similar cases in the past.
“You couldn’t have written a more tragic script, the whole thing is
just so tragic and terrible, but we have to put our personal feelings
aside and do the law enforcement side of this,” Lowery said,12-year old boy accidentally kills his 6-year old sister while their parents were at a Christmas party in U.S.
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6-year-old girl, Maliyah Palmer has died after she was accidentally
shot in the head by her 12-year-old brother. Reports say that the
parents were attending a Christmas party when the incident occurred. The
two were reportedly being watched by their 16-year-old brother before
Florissant police responded to the shooting at 11 p.m. The 12-year-old
reportedly found the 9mm pistol inside a dresser in his parent’s bedroom
and fired the gun. “All of the officers who responded to the scene are
mothers and fathers, so you can only imagine how personal it is to see a
child shot in the back of the head. We will have counselors here for a
debriefing hopefully this week to make sure the mental state of our
officers is OK,” Timothy Lowery, the police chief said. Authorities
called the shooting a tragic accident and, according to The
Post-Dispatch, will investigate and turn in evidence to prosecutors.
Authorities said earlier that no charges would be filed. The paper
pointed out that parents have been charged in similar cases in the past.
“You couldn’t have written a more tragic script, the whole thing is
just so tragic and terrible, but we have to put our personal feelings
aside and do the law enforcement side of this,” Lowery said,
