Five Year Old Girl Fires Gun

Shooting Gun  The bullet came within inches of a baby's bedroom.
by Diana Lucio
Published: Fri, May 22, 2009 - 9:15 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, May 22, 2009 - 9:33 pm CST
William Hodge says he was standing on his porch when a bullet struck his trailer, just feet from his 18 month old son's bedroom.

"My little boy was right there asleep in his bed and if the bullet would of went to the right it would've went into that room,"Said Hodge.
Investigators say a 5 year old girl living across the road got a hold of a rifle when it went off, sending a bullet across Elon Street through Hodge's trailer where it ricocheted off a Lysol can and landed in a storage closet.
"I was like oh my god my baby's in there...and we hadn't heard him so I thought maybe he could've been shot. When I went in there he wasn't, he was fine," Said Hodge's wife Julie.

The Hodge's say they are not angry because the neighbors took responsibility for the stray bullet right away.
"They came across the street and asked did it hit our trailer and we were like what," Said Hodge.
"It was an accident that's it,"Said the five year old's grandmother. She didn't want to continue our conversation on camera, but told us she would like to apologize. But the Hodge's say they are more concerned about this being a lesson.
"We just want it not to happen again...that's all we want, just for them to keep a little bit better watch on her. Maybe this will teach people a lesson not to leave loaded guns around, anything could happen,"Said William Hodge.

The Mobile County Sheriff's Office says the girl's family is not facing any criminal charges. But a spokesman tells us they confiscated the rifle while the incident is being investigated.
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A little time and pain to take the lock and cable off a weapon,but well worth the peace of mind with kids in the house.Walter Cronkrite is well remembered,as is the person who recruited and hired him,Edward Murrow,a legend.Mr.Cronkrite gave the dynamic duo of Huntley&Brinkley; a run for the money,all giants in their times.

..And all in this garden is for you but not the fruit from this tree. Dogma stigma, enigma. Locked out forever. No coming back. Maybe if the apples were in a drawer and not left out in plan view, remember your, fault there, fault nobodies’ fault. No bringing a child back. Keep it secure and out of sight.

My Father had several guns in our home most were unloaded and in a gun cabinet or under my parents bed, but he did keep a loaded pistol in his night stand, and we knew not to even look at it, actually anything in my parents room was off limits, I never went in there room unless I asked if I could get something and I got only that and came straight out. I think it is how you raise children, my sister keeps a loaded pistol in her night stand, her 5 year old knows where it is and he will tell you “Momma and Daddys pow pow is in there and Daddy says he will be very upset if i touch it” and he knows better and he has never put his hands on it

ick - that is basically what we are saying. Sorry your so suprised.

what??? the press reporting hype and hearsay and not facts??? no way! somebody call nite line! where is Walter Conkrite. (like anybody knows who he is today)

Yeah, I have learned that the two WKRG and FOX are telling things a little different from each other. Maybe they were there at different times and were told two different stories.

Wow.  The story on Fox 10 states the 5 year old located the ammunition, loaded the gun, and then the gun went off.  Where were the parents during all this???

Yeah, they all seem to be happy and go lucky about kids almost being shot. If it wasn’t for my brother in law living in the irvington area, i would think they are all crazy down their.

Ahh ok, because this video the mother of the baby doesn’t seem to be too shaken up over this.

Mamabeck: The video they show here is different then the one I seen the day this happened, maybe I was watching Fox10..hehehe. Anywho, one I seen that night, interviewed the mother of the 5yr old and she was laughing and smiling.

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