ABILENE, TX — Friday evening a 14-year-old boy was killed by a gunshot to his head. Abilene police believe the injury was self-inflicted. The injury may lead to charges of the gun owner for providing access to a firearm. Abilene Police Chief Stan Standridge said he is referring the investigation once complete to the district attorneys office. Providing access to a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor, he said.
The incident happened at around 7:45 p.m. when three boys were left unattended when the mother, who lives at the house with one of the boys, left to run errands. The boys, 14, 15, and 16 years old, found a firearm in the house and were “passing it around.” The chief said the boy who lived in the house knew of the location of the firearm and invited his friends to handle the gun.
Sources told KTXS that 14-year-old Jaeden Livingston pointed the gun to his head, thinking it was not loaded, and pulled the trigger. Livingston did not live in the house, Standridge said. He was there hanging out with friends.
The boy was rushed to Hendrick Medical Center and then transferred to Cooks Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth overnight where he died. Family friend Whitney Marquez set up a GoFundMe page so others can donate to help Livingston’s mom.
Events moved quickly with the last 20 hours. The donations page was set up before the boy passed away at the hospital.
“Jennifer is a single mother of her two boys, Jaeden and Anthony. This family will need all our help to cover his medical bills, lodging & make sure their household remains intact while she cares for her son and sees him nursed back to health,” the GoFundMe page stated.
KTXS reported Livingston attended Madison Middle School in Abilene. The Abilene ISD will provide counselors to help classmates cope with the tragedy at school Monday.
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Yeah, the old Einstein with a lightbulb going off over the top of your head moment...... It is not always a good idea to make sure a weapon is unloaded by sticking it to your head and pulling the trigger......
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PermalinkDing... the breadth and depth of your compassion and empathy serve to tell me what kind of person you are. I'm glad I don't know you.
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PermalinkI’m sure ol’ ding had tons of common sense at 14. I don’t know though; he doesn’t seem to have much now.
Yes, most know better to point a gun at anything and pull the trigger unless you know for sure if it’s loaded or not but really, compassion is the only thing needed here.
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PermalinkWow, your response is to make some type of joke, or comment about a child dying. Is that your life?
You would think that an organization would not let despicable remarks about a child that has passed happen in the 2019 cancel culture that is the world now. However, you can't pay the bills if nobody is looking, huh; so letting an unhinged person post comments in bad taste,will get people to sign up with an account to post a condemnation reply.
Ding Bat, whoever you are, I hope that you or your family (if you have any) never experience something as tragic as this.
To the Livingston family, there is no solace that anyone can give after a tragedy like this, all I will offer is a strangers sincere condolences.
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