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Tue Mar 15, 2022, 11:06 PM Mar 2022

Man accidentally shoots pregnant teen to death in car while "playing with" handgun in Louisiana

A suspect has been arrested after accidentally shooting and killing a pregnant 17-year-old inside of a moving car, sheriff's officials in Baton Rouge, Louisiana said. WAFB-TV reports Chad Blackard, 23, was booked in connection to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Karrington Smith, according to Casey Hicks, a spokeswoman with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. Blackard faces several charges, including negligent homicide, third-degree feticide and illegal use of weapons.

Blackard, who was sitting behind Smith in a moving car on Saturday, fired a single round from his semi-automatic handgun, hitting Smith in the back, authorities said. Deputies said Blackard was allegedly "playing with the handgun" when it discharged, WAFB reported. Blackard bragged that his gun "outperforms" a gun owned by another passenger before it discharged.

Authorities said Smith, who was 25 weeks pregnant, was taken to a local hospital where she and her unborn child later died.

The incident marks the second time this week that a woman was killed inside a car by accidental gunfire. Police in suburban Chicago said a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother to death as the family was sitting in their car in a supermarket parking lot on Saturday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-accidentally-shoots-pregnant-teen-to-death-in-car-while-playing-with-handgun-in-louisiana/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3b

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Man accidentally shoots pregnant teen to death in car while "playing with" handgun in Louisiana (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 OP
Never forget PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #1
If my train-fire SFC had seen anyone point a weapon, loaded or not at someone else... Enter stage left Mar 2022 #2
Let's have even more "constitutional carry" states CanonRay Mar 2022 #3
Ohio is joining the madness Deuxcents Mar 2022 #4

Enter stage left

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2. If my train-fire SFC had seen anyone point a weapon, loaded or not at someone else...
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 11:39 PM
Mar 2022

That person would have spent several weeks in the infirmary... and had to start basic all over again.

FUCKING GUNS ARE NOT TOYS , TREAT THEM AS YOU WOULD NITRO-GLYCERN...DEADLY!.

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