Man shot and killed by juveniles while bush hogging

[rbstern]

This is almost incomprehensible.

2 boys, ages 8 and 9, charged in fatal shooting man on tractor in South Carolina

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said a petition has been filed in Family Court in reference to charging an 8 year old and a 9 year old with Involuntary Manslaughter in relation to the shooting d…

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8 and 9 year old kids will often have judgement lapses, sometimes serious ones. IMHO, the parents who let these boys use a .22, unsupervised, at such a young age, are the actual criminals in this event.

 

[sea2summit]

Wow, that's unbelievable.

 

[plowhog]

"charging both juveniles with Involuntary Manslaughter.”

How do you get to that charge when the boys aimed the rifle at the man and pulled the trigger?

8 and 9 year olds?

 

[MossRoad]

"charging both juveniles with Involuntary Manslaughter.”

How do you get to that charge when the boys aimed the rifle at the man and pulled the trigger?

8 and 9 year olds?

I think the premise is at that age, they might not realize the finality of death.

 

[MossRoad]

This is almost incomprehensible.

2 boys, ages 8 and 9, charged in fatal shooting man on tractor in South Carolina

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said a petition has been filed in Family Court in reference to charging an 8 year old and a 9 year old with Involuntary Manslaughter in relation to the shooting d…

www.wfla.com

8 and 9 year old kids will often have judgement lapses, sometimes serious ones. IMHO, the parents who let these boys use a .22, unsupervised, at such a young age, are the actual criminals in this event.

Hold off your judgement for a bit until the facts come out. From the article:

Deputies have the .22 caliber rifle used to kill Smith, but Crenshaw said investigators are not releasing how the boys got the rifle or why they shot at Smith.

 

[shooterdon]

I think the premise is at that age, they might not realize the finality of death.

Rural kids understand death at that age.

It seems they were not firing at anyone, but shooting recklessly and caused the tragedy.

 

[plowhog]

Rural kids understand death at that age.

It seems they were not firing at anyone, but shooting recklessly and caused the tragedy.

"Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says both boys shot at Danny Andrew Smith with a rifle as he rode his tractor in the field"

... the Sheriff says the boys fired at him.

 

[Hay Dude]

Wow….just a guy out trying to make a few bucks goes home in a body bag. I do agree that most kids of that age do not realize the finality of death.
You look at the shootings in the big cities and most of those folks DO realize the finality of death.
There’s a large open space in a community where we farm some hay and the rest (wet or steep) is cut with my farm tractor and 15’ bush hog.
I was told by the HOA President there is a resident in the community who is bizarrely violent with anyone who cuts or farms the fields and pointed a gun at the previous mowing contractor years ago. Police were called and he was cited.
Still makes me want to carry when working in that community.

 

[Solitary Man]

My God. What a tragedy.

 

[usmron]

I think the premise is at that age, they might not realize the finality of death.

With all the TV shows that are on and they see what people do, they definitely knew exactly what they were doing. In this case and others age should't matter and they should serve life without parole.