Little Girl Parents Shot After Basketball Rolls Into Neighbors Yard Report
A basketball rolling into the wrong yard led to two parents being shot in front of their daughter. I wish I was making this up.
According to reports the incident started when a childs basketball bounced into a neighbors property. When the parents went to retrieve it an argument ensued. The neighbor allegedly opened fire wounding both parents.
NBC News reported that the shooter has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The little girl witnessed the entire thing. Whatever trauma that causes is something she’ll carry for the rest of her life. Over a basketball.
We live in a country where petty disputes escalate to gunfire with alarming regularity. The question isnt whether this was justified – it obviously wasnt. The question is how we got to a place where this keeps happening.
Neighbor disputes happen everywhere but most places they dont end with someone in the hospital.
Both parents survived but are facing long recoveries. The neighbor is in custody awaiting trial. The child is with family members.
The thing that gets me is the mundanity of the trigger event. A basketball. Something that happens in every neighborhood every day. Kids play outside balls go over fences adults retrieve them and everyone moves on with their lives.
Except sometimes they dont. Sometimes there’s a gun and a short fuse and a complete lack of proportion and two people get shot in front of their kid.
I dont have answers here. I just have a deep weariness about stories like this.
Shooting reported 2023
