…his four-year-old son.
Authorities say a man has died after he was shot by his 4-year-old son Friday in an accident at a Prescott Valley home…. Justin Stanfield Thomas was in extremely critical condition when he was taken to a local hospital, where he died. [Officials said] Thomas and the boy had gone up from the Valley to visit Thomas’ old roommate when the boy found the gun and accidentally pulled the trigger. “Within minutes the little boy found the gun, said ‘Daddy, what’s this?’ Then, it went off,” said neighbor Jeremy Hartt, who was also friends with Thomas. It apparently was an unexpected visit and the former roommate had not had a chance to put the weapon away. Thomas served in the U.S. military and was a Green Beret.
How long does it take to put a gun away? Or put it on top of the fridge? Or on a high shelf? Somewhere a four-year-old boy can’t get it? How long does that take?