Video: Girl shot at Bremerton school up and walking
Mar 27, 2012, 1:57 PM | Updated: 2:08 pm
Amina Bowman, a 9-year-old girl, shot while at a Bremerton
elementary school last month is up and walking.
A gun fired from inside a classmate’s backpack when he
slammed it down on the desk at Armin Jahr Elementary on
Feb.
22.
The bullet passed through Bowman’s liver, gallbladder, and
small intestine, before severing her inferior vena cava,
the
large vein that drains blood from the legs.
In the video, released by her family, Bowman is seen
walking
around her hospital room at Harborview Medical Center.
Bowman has had five surgeries to repair the damage done by
the bullet, which is still lodged near her spine.
The boy’s mom and her boyfriend were charged with unlawful
possession of a firearm and felony assault for allowing
the boy access to the .45 caliber gun.
Both Jamie Chaffin and Douglas L. Bauer pleaded not guilty
to the charges.
Prosecutors contend that leaving guns unsecured in the
couple’s home constituted an “extreme act of negligence.”
The prosecutors’ assault case relies on the notion that
the couple’s negligence caused the shooting.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
