Father charged with neglect after gunshot injures daughter
VIPD - Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at 2:14 AM
Christopher Rojas
Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives on St. Croix arrested 28-year-old Christian Rojas and charged him with Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm and Child Neglect.
Police said Rojas left a loaded handgun within reach of a minor which caused injury to his three-year-old daughter.
Police said, on February 26, they were called to the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital to investigate a gunshot injury to a three-year-old female child that occurred at a residence in Estate Prosperity.
Police interviewed several persons who were in the vicinity and determined that the suspect, Christian Rojas, did not secure his unlicensed loaded firearm and a three-year-old male was able to take possession of the weapon. The male minor took the gun to an area in the home where his Rojas’ minor daughter was playing. The gun fired, grazing the right side of the child’s head.
Rojas was arrested at about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 based on a warrant from the Virgin Islands Superior Court.
Rojas bail was set at $25,000 which he was unable to post.
Rojas remains in the custody of the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility pending further court action.
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He is handsome but careless. strupsss
EWWWWWW
WOW! This Is Crazy!!!….
Thank God the little girl survived a direct hit to her head. This man better receive harsh time for being an idiot and for owning a gun! Makes you wonder why he’d have his gun out with small children in the house and it goes to prove that children watch, listen and learn from the actions of others. If the mother was present and allowed the gun to be brought out then she too should be charged with neglecting her child!
You Can Read!!!!! The Article Say That It Graze The Litte Girl head (Not A Direct Hit to The Head)Read Over The Thing Couple More Times before Commenting Plzz……
It is a direct hit to her head. Now the difference comes if it penetrated vs. grazed.
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