One-Year-Old Boy Is Critical From An Airgun Pellet To The Head

A couple have been charged after a one-year-old boy remains in serious condition after he was hit with a pellet fired from an airgun.

Jordan Walters, 24, and Emma Jane Horseman, 23, have been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after hitting the back of the head of a boy, who is not related to them.

The boy, identified as Harry Studley, was at the flat of his mother, Amy Allen, in Bishport Avenue, Bristol when he was seriously injured on Friday. He is now fighting for his life at Bristol Children’s Hospital.

A family friend claimed that the pellet had ricocheted off a window before hitting the baby. A man was also reportedly cleaning his weapon and said ‘Don’t worry, it’s not loaded’ before the gun went off.

Emergency services were called to the home at 4.10pm after reports that a baby had a serious head injury. Neighbours also reportedly said they heard the child ‘screaming and screaming’.

The Bristol Post quoted an unnamed father, who witnessed the aftermath, as saying: “I couldn’t sleep last night because I just couldn’t get this picture out of my head. The mother was running behind covered in blood.”

The boy remains critical in hospital as the family friend said that the pellet has embedded in the boy’s brain and couldn’t be removed. She added that the boy had to be placed in an emergency coma.

In a statement on Sunday, Harry’s family, including his mother, Amy, and father Edward Studley, said he remained ‘very poorly’ and sent a heartfelt thank you for the messages of support they had received.

Officers are now investigating the events leading up to the incident, and forensic officers arrived at the tower block called Oak House on Saturday afternoon.

Avon and Somerset Constabulary Detective Inspector Jonathan Deane said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with what happened and are treating this as “a potentially negligent act.”

Source: Dailymail.co.uk