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Posted on Wed, Jan. 21, 2004
Miami toddler who shot himself with father's gun is brain-dead
Associated Press
MIAMI - A toddler who shot himself in the head with his father's gun is brain-dead, doctors said.
Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital had done everything they could for 3-year-old Travis Jenkins Jr., but the gunshot was more severe than they could repair, said Dr. John Ragheb, chief of pediatric neurosurgery.
"This child's injury passed through a big vein that drains blood from the brain and is essential for life," Ragheb said. "The heart is still beating, but the brain doesn't work anymore."
The child had found the gun in the center console of his father's rental car when the man made a quick visit to a family friend Monday.
Investigators had not decided Tuesday whether the charge the father, 26-year-old Travis Jenkins Sr., who had a weapons permit.
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What I want to know, is A) Why did this guy leave his kid alone in the car with a loaded gun, and B) why was the kid not in a car seat? I think those are more important questions that need to be answered.