Teen dies after 8-year-old accidentally shoots him in the eye with a BB gun

Johnson was riding in the front passenger seat of an adult male friend's car on February 1 with the driver's 8-year-old son and 10-year-old stepson riding in the back, police said. The driver got out of the car to use an ATM.

The 8-year-old accidentally discharged a loaded Daisy 800 BB/pellet rifle while attempting to move it and shot Johnson in the left eye, according to the police. The teen was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died from his injuries on February 4, police said. "Never as a grandmother did I expect to bury a grandchild," Norine Wafford, the teen's grandmother, told Bay News 9. "Let alone one of my children, but this is my grandbaby.""Ivan was a young man who enjoyed life to the fullest and with the vigorous tenacity of love," Timothy Howard, the organizer, wrote on the GoFundMe page. "He was an active member in his congregation of 15 years and offered his musical talents playing the organ for 9 years.

Guns, even BB guns, are not toys. Responsible handling and storage would prevent so many senseless tragedies like this.

Why not add Teen in Florida? Guess you are only interested in clicks rather than facts?

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