A picture of the little victim of a shooting in Brunswick, Georgia. |
Apparently two young children tried to rob the victim's mother. They ended up shooting the baby. The baby died of a gunshot wound to the head. The shooter was apparently 10 to 14 years old. The shooter is still on the loose. It's in the state of Georgia in the city of Brunswick.
We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to Antonio Santiago-West, the little life lost in this unbelievable tragedy.
Again, where is the lawmakers on the gun control debate?
Still trying to win reelection in states that may change the dynamics of firearm safety. They fear the onslaught of attacks from the National Rifle Association, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News.
So far over 10,000 people die a week in firearm deaths. It's just not enough to say that it's a "SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT" to own a firearm. It's a "EIGHT AMENDMENT RIGHT" to prevent cruel and unusual punishment.
The Republicans (and conservative Democrats) are stubborn on gun control. Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada, Majority Leader) fears the NRA. He gains high marks for gun support. But since his majority is at stake once again in a midterm election, the Democratic Majority Leader is trying to halt all bills until 2015.
Senators from the West and South who are Democrats and House members from the South are likely going to take the bullet if the WHITE MAN gets riled up enough to pull them out of power.
But yet they'll allow Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas), Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) calling for more guns and less restrictions.
CNN reports the mother, Sherry West was taking her 13-month-old son for a walk in this Georgia town when they were approached by two boys who demanded money, then fatally shot her boy and wounded her.
"He said, 'I'm gonna kill you if you don't give me your money,' and I said, 'I swear, I don't have any,'" Sherry West told CNN affiliate WAWS. "I put my arms over my baby and he shoves me and he shot my baby right in the head."
Both boys then ran into a residential neighborhood of this seaside Georgia town some 30 miles north of Florida, she told police.
Police responding to a 911 call found the baby shot dead and his mother with a leg wound.
The mother told reporters she was pushing her son in a stroller around 9 a.m. Thursday when she was approached by the two boys. One appeared to be 13 to 15 years of age while the other was as young as 10, she said.
Authorities were checking attendance records Friday at schools in an attempt to identify suspects.
City Manager Bill Weeks said no other witnesses have come forward.
"But why my little one?" asked Louis Santiago, the father, in an interview with WAWS. "You know, you should have just taken the pocketbook and go."
No weapon has been recovered, Police Chief Tobe Green told reporters.
Police have offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the killer.
Asked about what angles authorities were pursuing, police spokesman Todd Rhodes said, "Anything and everything."
"This is obviously just a terrible day in the city of Brunswick," Mayor Bryan Thompson told reporters on Thursday, "and made even more terrible by the senseless killing of a young child. And it appears perpetrated by children themselves."
Chicago baby shot while dad changes diaper.