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Boy Shot As Grandfather Unloads Antique Rifle In Cabela’s Parkng Lot

(AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say they don’t plan to seek charges against a man who shot his grandson in the head outside a sporting goods store.

The shooting happened Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Cabela’s hunting and outdoor equipment store. Police say the grandfather was in an SUV unloading an antique .22-caliber rifle that he planned to have appraised.

KCTV reports the weapon discharged and the bullet went through the vehicle, hitting the 10-year-old boy in the head as he stood outside.

The boy was taken to a hospital. Authorities said he was talking when police arrived in the parking lot and his wound was not considered life-threatening.

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