White Dallas man shoots 8-year-old black boy

[nhboy]

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"An 8-year-old African-American boy in Texas is struggling to recover after being shot in the face by a 46-year-old white man, but authorities have not been able to determine a motive.

Dallas police said that Donald Maiden Jr., who had just celebrated his 8th birthday on Sunday, was playing tag outside his apartment complex on Tuesday. According to his grandmother, Maiden ran inside to get some toys and was shot as came back outside.

Witnesses told police that 46-year-old Brian Cloninger had been seen waiving a handgun at people prior to the shooting, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Police reports said that Cloninger was seen standing beside his pickup truck as the boy was bleeding, and a witness asked him if he shot the boy.

“Yes I shot that kid,” Cloninger reportedly said.

Maiden’s mother, Latamarin Locklin, recalled the aftermath of the shooting to KTVT on Thursday.

“When he ran in I just screamed,” she said. “His mouth was just hanging off and it was just a big hole… I just threw him on the couch and laid him in my arms and put pressure on his mouth with the towel.”

Locklin couldn’t understand why anyone would shoot her child “out of the blue.” "

 

[GW8345]

Baby shot dead in stroller; 2 Georgia teens charged - CNN.com

Where was your outrage over this shooting?

 

[czygvtwkr]

What is the point of identifying the race of the individuals involved?

Sells the story more, if it was black on black nobody would care.

 

[CrashTest]

Sells the story more, if it was black on black, the world would run out of people to write the stories.

fixed

 

[officeguy]

What is the point of identifying the race of the individuals involved?

Because it is unusual that way around.

 

[dontknowwhy]

You should show a sense of balance & fairness BOY
For every story of white on black crime, why don't you cut & paste a similar story of black on white crime?

That's right...YOU have a particular agenda & truth isn't a part of that equation, is it?

 

[aps45819]

What is the point of identifying the race of the individuals involved?

because he's a democrat and they can't tell you that

 

[mAlice]

It's horrible that any child can't even go outside to play without the risk of being killed. This is the world we live in today. The shooter probably had his hangover disturbed one day while the kid was outside playing too loud, and has probably been stewing for a while.

 

[BigBlue]

Link to original article.

More here.

"An 8-year-old African-American boy in Texas is struggling to recover after being shot in the face by a 46-year-old white man, but authorities have not been able to determine a motive.

Dallas police said that Donald Maiden Jr., who had just celebrated his 8th birthday on Sunday, was playing tag outside his apartment complex on Tuesday. According to his grandmother, Maiden ran inside to get some toys and was shot as came back outside.

Witnesses told police that 46-year-old Brian Cloninger had been seen waiving a handgun at people prior to the shooting, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Police reports said that Cloninger was seen standing beside his pickup truck as the boy was bleeding, and a witness asked him if he shot the boy.

“Yes I shot that kid,” Cloninger reportedly said.

Maiden’s mother, Latamarin Locklin, recalled the aftermath of the shooting to KTVT on Thursday.

“When he ran in I just screamed,” she said. “His mouth was just hanging off and it was just a big hole… I just threw him on the couch and laid him in my arms and put pressure on his mouth with the towel.”

Locklin couldn’t understand why anyone would shoot her child “out of the blue.” "

Pretty sure this was discussed already ,it's from Sept 6,2013