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Father Charged With
Neglect
05/10/08 MRC/AP
A prosecutor in Marion County, Indiana says a
5-year-old boy who accidentally shot and killed his
younger sister with his father's semiautomatic handgun had
fired the gun before.
Marion County Prosecutor
Carl Brizzi says 26-year-old James Michael Booher should
have been more careful in keeping the gun away from his
son. He says that is true especially since the boy had
taken the gun from atop a refrigerator and shot a bullet
into a kitchen cabinet eight months ago.
Four-year-old Makayla
Booher was shot in the head Sunday morning. Police say her
brother had taken the gun from the top shelf of a
bookcase.
Booher was being held in
the Marion County Jail on three counts of felony neglect.
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