2 year old gets shot and mom gives him tylenol

[soulwinner]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139112,00.html Cops: Mom Gave Toddler Tylenol After He Was Shot

Friday, November 19, 2004

AMARILLO, Texas — A mother whose 2-year-old was accidentally shot with a handgun gave the boy Tylenol (search) and put him down for a nap, waiting more than four hours to go to a hospital, police said.

Sylvia Ann Alcozer (search), 21, turned herself in Thursday on charges of felony child endangerment. She was scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

Nathan Vela, 2, was shot Nov. 11 by his 17-year-old uncle. He was hospitalized after the bullet hit his arm and went into his chest then stopped near his spinal cord. He had broken ribs and a punctured lung, according to the complaint. He's now in the custody of relatives.

The boy's uncle, Marcus Cruz Alcozer, remained in the Potter County (search) Detention Center on Friday on bail of $7,500. He has been charged with reckless injury to a child causing serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony.

According to a criminal complaint, Alcozer told police the gun discharged accidentally. He dropped it, picked it up and pulled the trigger without checking to see whether it was loaded, the complaint states.

The mother "told police that she only thought the bullet had grazed her son's arm and it only bled slightly," the complaint states. "Officers retrieved a sock and a cloth which had been used in an attempt to stop the bleeding."

The mother took Nathan to a hospital about 4

[nebula]

Something tells me things aren't what they seem.

That is, if it was "just an accident", the child being injured would have been treated more quickly, I believe.

I would guess that either the mother was covering for the uncle (her brother?) or was scared of him and acting out of fear for what he might do.

Did the incident occur when the gun was being sold to him, a minor?

[Ovedya]

I agree with neb. there's something fishy about this. How could a mother not notice a hole in her child's chest!

Either they knew the extent of this child's wounds, or they're just plain stupid.

[other one]

This is one of those things that make you so upset that it feels like your head could just explode......... bring out the duck tape for reinforcement.... Grrrrr

[Catsmeow]

Whatever happened to maternal instinct or maternal drive?

[Adstar]

Maybe they where all on drugs?

Poor little one.

All Praise the Ancient Of Days

[Trinity]

Maybe they where all on drugs?

Poor little one.

All Praise the Ancient Of Days

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My thoughts too...