9-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 5-year-old sister with AR-style rifle; dad arrested

[Demovictory9]

Ramos-Jimenez said he stored his weapon "in the top shelf of his son’s bedroom," adding that "his son must have grabbed the gun," according to the probable cause statement.

Ramos-Jimenez has been arrested for possession of a weapon by a prohibited person, Phoenix police said.

Ramos-Jimenez was convicted in 2021 of transporting and/or trafficking narcotics, according to court documents. He’s barred from having a firearm and he told police he bought the AR-style rifle "through a private sale for personal protection," the probable cause document said.

"We ask all gun owners to ensure that all guns are stored in a location, preferably a secured safe, out of reach of all children in the home or who may visit," Phoenix Police Sgt. Robert Scherer told ABC News via email. "No family should ever have to endure the loss of a child in circumstances like these."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/9-year-accidentally-shoots-kills-5-year-sister/story?id=122527150

[Kaleva]

1. Once again showing that sometimes the biggest threat to a family....

is a gun owner in the family

[Irish_Dem]

2. Storing a rifle in a child's room, unlocked and available to the child.

This guy needs to go to prison.

[Mountainguy]

3. Probably figured thats

Where police wouldn't look if the searched.

[Irish_Dem]

6. So he puts his own safety above the children.

[Mountainguy]

8. Yup

Wouldn't call it his safety though. More like his continued criminal behavior.

[Demovictory9]

7. rule #1: don't put unlocked, loaded AR15 in kid's room

[BeerBarrelPolka]

4. This piece of shit

should never walk free again.

[GoCubsGo]

5. I feel bad for that boy.

He's going to have to live with that all of his life. It was bad enough to have drug dealer for a father, and now this.

[Aristus]

9. He bought an assault rifle for "personal protection."

Just not anybody else’s protection.

Nice going, asshole.