Indiana father accidentally shot dead by 3-year-old son
 

(Reuters) - An Indiana father watching television with his children was accidentally shot to death by his 3-year-old son after the boy found a loaded handgun nearby, police said on Saturday.

Michael Payless, 33, was found dead in the southern Indiana town of Salem on Friday night.

Payless was watching television with two of his children when the other child, a 3-year-old boy, found the gun.

"The child accidentally discharged the loaded handgun ... Michael A. Payless was pronounced dead at the scene," an Indiana state police statement said.

Payless, with his wife, three children, and another juvenile, had been at the house doing some remodeling work, the statement said.

(Reporting By Greg McCune; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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Time to charge the little bastard.

Well, you get what you deserve.

I have firearms, they are locked up nice and safe where no one will ever find them.

Darwin at work...

That kids fucked for life.. imagine doing that to your dad and having no idea what you did

oh when he's old enough the media will drop in to fill him in.

It is Indiana . . . . no great loss

oh well, fucked up agian.

to bad it wasn't paul markham

inb4 "guns should be outlawed"

Sure, I bet if you had sons or daughters they will figured out the passwords and your hiding space.

The kids are smarter than you are...trust me..I was a kid once with a lot of time to figure shit out.

That's like saying you shouldn't own a website because people might figure out the FTP or DB passwords. I hope you're not making that argument.

Having a semi auto laying around that needs chambered is still having a gun handy and is pretty much childproof if found.

Too bad he forgot that a 3 year old likes to play with anything that's not nailed down.

Ever notice that no one ever gets grazed in non-vital areas by a 3 year old who found a loaded gun? They're always expert marksmen.

Pretty sure they are going to be so close they can't miss.

Good job on having guns around....

How ironic, Mr "Payless" should have "paymore" attention :2 cents:

Welcome to my ignore list.

Two big mistakes here. Letting a moron look after kids and letting him own a gun.

Sorry three mistakes. Add, letting morons reproducing. LOL

Kid should grow up to be a country singer.

Shot my daddy when I was 3...
Something something pickup truck...

Three years ago, when this guy was in the hospital holding his new waterheaded baby fresh from his fat wife's rotten poon -- he had no idea that this little harmless thing would someday take his life.

yep....the "wife" is one smart cookie..blame the kid

this is more like a rapper

I BUSTED A CAP IN MY PAPPY,
WHILE HIS ASS WAS NAPPIN'
MY MOM WAS LAFFIN'
CUZ SHE FINALLY HAPPY

http://www.kctv5.com/story/19025894/...ld-shot-father
was a normal father

Oh come on out and say it, he was a middle class white man. :1orglaugh

http://wave.images.worldnow.com/images/19025894_BG1.jpg

He never saw it coming...

if u gonna own a gun, u better know how to respect the responsibility that comes with it. securing it properly should be a no brainer.

really don't see how race has anything to do with it. could happen to anyone. :2 cents:

thin out the shallow end of the gene pool with chlorine

I drink Tequila like it's butter

Pretty sure most people aren't stupid enough to report a graze either.

:1orglaugh

When the parent survives they will probably make up a lie if they have to go to the hospital.

That's no way to hide a gun...

I remember years ago I had read about technology,where you would have wear a ring with a micro chip in it to fire the gun. Without that ring the gun wouldnt fire. That would end all the accidental deaths tomorrow but you would still be able to act quickly in a home invasion situation.

all i can say is : america & guns - fuck yeah!

We have several guns in my home and always have had them, but they stayed way up out of the reach of our babies and locked and unloaded. Ammo locked up in a completely different place in the house.

It was only recently when my puppy and I were being attacked by a pitbull did we load every single one of them and put them back under lock and key, but they are loaded now. All of my kids but one is gone now, and she is 14 and knows the respect of guns. They all know how to shoot them and always have.

If you have to have them, make sure they are the kids are always taught to respect the power and of them and that the results are not changeable... people with kids and guns that don't show respect to both... well. that just scares me!

proof positive, watching television can kill you....

Big difference between shooting someone in the leg vs their body and killing them. had to have been a pretty good shot...

eating can kill you as well and people continue to do it. :helpme go figure that :disgust

Can I click a magic join link and be added to your totally made up, lied about and ignored ignore list Paul?

Over 100,000 combined demonstrations of stupidity. The simpleton brothers.

Yup :2 cents:

Can't believe you still post here. You have some guts.

I bet the father called himself a responsible gun owner. Just like ANY other gun owner you ask. Oh yeah and ofcourse he had that gun to protect his family.

Has not much to do with guts, I have been a member here since the doors opened and that I am aware of, no one here has issues with me personally. ;)

I highly doubt that. And even if they don't, they should.

1 down another 990,000,000 to go