Monday Morning Shots

Oh, excuse me… did I shoot you? I’m ever so sorry!

It looks like criminal use of guns has become just an everyday occurrence to some neighborhoods. Witness the recent shooting of one Keivarius Walker, age 10 years. The story coming in is just a bit murky though…

“Keivarius and his 13-year-old cousin were on their way back to his aunt's house from his grandmother's house two blocks away. Keivarius was hit by the bullet at the front door of his aunt's house, Walker said.”

Okay, that seems straight forward enough, but wait, there’s more…

"The information we received is a 13 and 15-year-old had a disagreement with a person we initially thought was the victim's brother. Turns out, it's a cousin and they took a shot at the cousin, missed him, and hit the ten-year-old victim."

A 13 year old and a 15 year old had a disagreement and they settled it like John Wayne?

“Two teens are charged in the case. The family of the 13 and 15-year-old brothers is apologizing. "They said they're sorry," said Brittney Jackson, the suspects' cousin. "They didn't mean to and we're sorry."

Oh wait just a cotton pickin minute! The Duke would never apologize for capping anyone! Just what in tarnation is going on here?

"It was not mistaken identity. It was intentional," she said.”

It was?

"I hope the boy is ok," Jackson said. "We sorry, like I said, for the family. We know how that is. They didn't mean to do it."

Then it WAS an accident!

“On Sunday, Police Sgt. L. J. Warren said that, based on witness accounts, the boys intended to shoot another person but missed.

Just forget it…

The two boys, ages 13 and 15, were taken into custody shortly after the shooting at the corner of Benner Avenue and King Street in the East Wynnton neighborhood. Each will be charged as a juvenile with one count of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The juveniles allegedly were armed with 9 mm and .38-caliber pistols, police said.”

Alrighty then! They busted the shooter and his cohort. But that still leaves a few questions unanswered…

"I'm mad and I want to find out where they got the guns from," Walker said.

"Where were their mom and dad?" said Sharon Tolbert, Keivarius' stepmother.

Good questions!

“Police say they don't know where the teens got the guns.”

Bad answer.

Maybe if the city of Columbus were to spend some of that $250,000 training and paying police instead of buying heathen idols to put in front of the library, they’d solve this little mystery.

Source Credits: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, WTVM

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