Friday, January 01, 2010
Huntington Mother Charged
WEST VIRGINIA....
According to the Huntington Police Department, officers were dispatched to Cabell Huntington Hospital at 4:41 P.M. Thursday after EMS workers transported the 5 year old daughter of 22 year old Brittany Raquel Briers with a gunshot wound to her foot. Although police believe the shooting was accidental, Briers was charged with child neglect resulting in serious injury, after the victim and her 2-year-old sibling gained access to a loaded AK-47 that was under the sofa in the family room.
According to the Huntington Police Department, officers were dispatched to Cabell Huntington Hospital at 4:41 P.M. Thursday after EMS workers transported the 5 year old daughter of 22 year old Brittany Raquel Briers with a gunshot wound to her foot. Although police believe the shooting was accidental, Briers was charged with child neglect resulting in serious injury, after the victim and her 2-year-old sibling gained access to a loaded AK-47 that was under the sofa in the family room.