(1 May 2013) HEADLINE: 5-year-old boy shoots 2-year-old sister in Ky.
CAPTION: A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, authorities said. (May 1)
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Cumberland County, Kentucky - 1 May 2013
1. Wide shot of Cumberland County home where the girl was shot
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary White, Cumberland County Coroner: "At this time we're still under investigation. I'd rather not say at this time, but you know it was just one, single gunshot wound."
3. Medium shot of home where the girl was shot with mailbox in foreground
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary White, Cumberland County Coroner: "The whole community is absolutely devastated from this. You know I hope the outcome of this you know what we can learn from this tragic situation is you know is gun safety. You know let's make sure as parents and grandparents whatever you know that you know we keep our guns away."
5. Medium shot home where the girl was shot
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary White, Cumberland County Coroner: "Oh no. Not here in Kentucky. I mean guns are passed down generations through generations. You know you learn to start shooting a gun here at a very young age. You know learn you how to hunt. I have two daughters and I taught them how to hunt you know at a very young age."
7. Medium shot of deck in front of home where the girl was shot
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Phelps, Cumberland County Judge-Executive: "I'm completely heart-broken as is the whole community. The whole community is in shock."
9. Close up of dog sleeping and child's toy truck outside home
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Phelps, Cumberland County Judge-Executive: "It's a normal way of life. I mean folks and it's not just rural Kentucky, it's rural America. I mean folks, hunting and fishing, it's sports-shooting. It's just a way of life and you know you begin at an early age, learning to use and respect a gun."
11. Medium of window and child's toy basketball hoop outside home
STORYLINE:
A 5-year-old boy who received a rifle as a gift last year accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in the chest in rural southern Kentucky. Their mother, who was cleaning up the mobile home's kitchen, had just stepped out on to the front porch to pour grease out of a frying pan when "she heard the gun go off," a coroner said.
The shooting, while accidental, highlights a cultural divide in the gun debate. While many suburban and urban areas work to keep guns out of the hands of children, it's not uncommon for youths in rural areas to own guns for target practice and hunting. In this case, the rifle was made by a company that sells guns specifically for children, in colors ranging from pink to blue to a combination. The company's slogan: "My first rifle."
At the home, the small rifle was kept in a corner and the family didn't realize a bullet had been left inside it.
"Down in Kentucky where we're from, you know, guns are passed down from generation to generation. You start at a young age with guns for hunting and everything," White said Wednesday. What is more unusual than a child having a gun, he said, is "that a kid would get shot with it."
White said he first took his daughter deer hunting when she was 8 years old.
Cumberland County Judge Executive John Phelps, whose position is much like a mayor's, said it had been four or five years since there had been a shooting death in the county, which sits near the Tennessee-Kentucky state line along the Cumberland River.
There's a house across the street, but the next closest neighbor lives over a hill.
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