7-Year-Old Boy Killed By Stray Bullet After People Started Arguing Over Jet Skis

7-Year-Old Boy Hit In The Head By Stray Bullet After People Started Arguing Over Jet Skis

A 7-year-old lost his life after getting shot by a stray bullet in Tampa, FL. The bullet reportedly came from a group of people arguing over jet skis yesterday for the 4th of July.

According to Fox 35, two groups got into an argument over how close one of the groups was riding their jet skis to the shore, where kids were playing in the water.

The argument escalated to a confrontation and then to a shooting – “senseless gunfire,” Deputy Chief Calvin Johnson said Wednesday morning during a news conference.

 

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Johnson said once the shooting happened, the boy’s grandfather grabbed his grandson and pulled him into a truck to protect him. A bullet went through the truck and struck the grandfather’s finger and then struck the 7-year-old boy in the head,” he aid.

The boy was rushed to the hospital where he died. His name has not been released.

“There is no reason, no excuse that an argument can lead to gunfire, much less an argument over jet skis. Now we got citizens, we got families, we got folks in our communities, who have to deal with this tragic incident that occurred on the Fourth of July,” Johnson said. “We need to do better as a community, really, as Americans.”

Police are searching for the suspects. This is senseless.