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4-Year-Old Fatally Shot By Woman Who Was Teaching Her 'Firearm Safety,' Authorities Say (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Breanna Gayle Devall Runions, 25, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of Evangaline Gunter.

The child’s parents, Adam and Josie Gunter, told ABC affiliate WATE that Evangaline had been in temporary custody at a home in Rockwood, which Runions shared with girlfriend Christina Daniels and another child, a 7-year-old girl.

Before the shooting, Evangaline and the older girl were being punished that morning by Runions for not waking up the women and for eating Daniels’ food without permission, according to the warrant and a statement from Russell Johnson, district attorney general for Tennessee’s 9th Judicial District. Runions struck both girls with a sandal before forcing them to stand in different corners of the women’s bedroom, authorities said the older girl told them.

After the shooting, the women drove Evangaline to a nearby Walmart location to meet an ambulance, Roane County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Boduch told the Roane County News, and the vehicle transported the girl to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Boduch could not immediately be reached by HuffPost.

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[–] Patches 23 points 11 months ago (5 children)

What kind of legitimate firearm instructor would allow a 4 year old to hold a gun. This was always about Child Abuse.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Well, the difference would be "incompetent fire arm instructor" versus "person trying to cover up murdering a child"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or point a gun at anyone's chest and pull the trigger, knowing it was loaded or not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just pointing the gun at anything you don’t want to kill is off the table for anyone with any gun safety knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

That's not what happened.

Runions told police that she had taken a 9 mm handgun out of its case, removed the magazine and called Evangaline over to “show her firearm safety.”

Runions pressed the barrel of the gun against the child’s chest and pulled the trigger, police said she told them.

The irony of calling this "firearm safety" is absurd. It's being charged as first degree murder because nobody points a gun at someone's chest and pulls the trigger unless they intend to kill.

[–] RegularGoose 4 points 11 months ago

In the south? Plenty.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the forth birthday the day children get their first firearm gifted in the US?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Third. You just have to wait until they're old enough that you don't have to worry about them putting the ammunition in their mouth and choking.