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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: THUNDERDUCK on September 04, 2006, 04:00:58 PM
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BAKERSFIELD, California (AP) -- A military shell given to a group of children by a neighbor exploded while they played with it, killing two children and injuring five others, police and witnesses said.
Police were investigating the cause of Tuesday's explosion, which damaged homes and forced neighbors to wrap bloodied and dazed children in blankets.
"As you can imagine, this was a traumatic experience for the kids and their parents," said Bakersfield Police Detective Greg Terry. "So it's going to take a while to sort things out,"
Andrew Etcheverry, 8, died at the scene, and Jeni Marie Klawitter, 7, died at the Kern Medical Center, the county coroner said.
The victims, the oldest 12 years old, suffered minor to moderate injuries. Police had initially reported that six children were injured but determined that a girl thought to be hurt was not at the scene when it exploded.
Frank Sendejo, who lives near the apartment complex where the explosion occurred, said Wednesday he had given a group of children a 40 mm shell. Police said they have talked with Sendejo.
Sendejo told The Bakersfield Californian that he thought the shell was spent and often used it as a "conversation piece." He said the firing pin and bottom shell casing had been removed, along with the gun powder inside.
"I thought it was harmless," he told the newspaper.
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O_O;;;
Not good... Especially giving kids a bullet shell to play with whether it was harmless or not!
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another WTF!!?
so what are they going to do with the dude that gave it to them?
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He'll probably get sued for manslaugter and stuff. Afterall he meant not to harm the children.
I can imagine how great toy the 40mm shell have been for kids... I have lived my childhood in a military area :)
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its not a bullet. It's an artillery shell (sorta like a bomb) i think
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Yeah, it's not a "bullet" but artillery shell. Basically imagine a hybrid of soup can and a shotgun shell.
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40mm is way too small for artillery shell. It's probably a grenade launcher-, autocannon- or AA gun shell.
edit: typos away!
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yeah, its prolly old ww2 AA ammo. without the shell casing, it does look like an oversized bullet maybe thats why he thought it was harmless. Unfortunately those are explosive rounds, primed to go off a certain distance/time after being fired. Kids prolly threw it on the ground and set it off :-|
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What a stinking idiot! I hope he never sees the day of light for that one. 2 kids dead... That is sad...
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there have been times where i've wanted to do something similar to this :P
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Thats unfortunate for the kids. I didn't no ammo without the gun can can do so much damage. You learn something new every day. But Sendejo should've never gave it to the children; gun powder or not.
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That is some serious negligence. Certainly he meant no harm, but jeez...
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i have some "should be dead bullets" at my home. Don't explode yet when i play with them. Btw, that man should be hang up. wtf giving shell for play, more games which is safer can be given.
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The amount of idiots in this world just seem to keep growing :evil:
Poor kids....
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really negligent ; too bad for the kids