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1 day agoMy guess is that someone completely screwed up some kind of gun safety step and the shooting was unintentional. Although that should result in some kind of negligence charges, I can see Texas giving a moron with a gun a free pass as long as ‘they didn’t mean too’ or something other bullshit.
Remember that there are a lot of circumstances that could makenit ‘unavoidable’ or shift part of the blame to the victim. A misfire and ricochet would still be called a shooting. If she was somewhere down range and a bullet missed a backstop to hit her it would still be a shooting. Maybe a child was shooting the gun in either scenario.
There are plenty of situations where a grand jury would see something as an ‘unavoidable accident’ or not want to punish whoever had control of the weapon.
Until we know more, there is always the possibility the grand jury doesn’t want to follow through based on some misguided emotional criteria instead of holding someone accountable for negligence.