Police seek mom, her boyfriend after accidental shooting at Bermerton elementary
Mar 5, 2012, 4:18 PM | Updated: 6:02 pm
A boy that brought a gun to school has been charged in juvenile court. He was accompanied by his father and uncle in court. Now police want to arrest the boy's mother and her boyfriend for making the gun he brought to school "too easily accessible." (97.3 KIRO FM Photo/File)
(97.3 KIRO FM Photo/File)
An arrest warrant has been issued for two people in connection to the shooting of an 8-year-old girl at a Bremerton elementary school.
A 9-year-old boy brought a gun to school and was arrested on Feb. 22, after it went off and a bullet struck a classmate in the abdomen. He reportedly brought the gun to school with him when he was planning to run away from home, and had taken it from the glove compartment of his mother’s boyfriend’s car.
The boy was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, bringing a dangerous weapon onto school grounds, and assault in the third degree.
The warrant issued is for the boy’s mother and her boyfriend according to Bremerton Police.
The gun the boy brought to school wasn’t the only one lying around in his mother’s home, according to a release from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. In addition to having a second gun in an easily accessible location, the boy’s mother is a felon and it is illegal for her to be in possession of a firearm.
The 8-year-old girl, Amina Bowman, injured at Armin Jahr Elementary School when the gun accidentally went off, is still in the hospital after sustaining major surgery.
Bowman’s family has hired an attorney to determine who is at fault for the shooting. Attorney Jeffery Campichne said that calling the incident an “accident” is a misuse of words.
