Police say a 4-year-old boy in southern Ohio shot his babysitter because the sitter accidentally stepped on his foot. Police said 18-year-old Nathan Beavers and several other teenagers were babysitting several young children in a mobile home in Jackson on Sunday when the shooting occurred.
Witnesses told police the 4-year-old retrieved the shotgun from a bedroom closet and shot Beavers. Police said the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot. Beavers was hospitalised with minor pellet wounds to his arm and side. Police say another teen was also injured with shotgun pellets.
Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen said authorities are investigating the shooting. The child has not been charged. "He [the boy] didn’t say much," chief deputy Jim Ephlin said of the suspect. "He said he was mad at Nathan. He said, ‘I’m going to go get a gun.’ The others thought he was kidding and was going to get a toy gun."
The boy is in the custody of his parents "until we see what the prosecutor wants to do," Ephlin said. The parents of the injured youth said they did not want any legal action taken against the boy, he added.
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