7-Year-old Boy Dies in Trespass ShootingAP
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(May 9) - A 7-year-old boy who was allegedly shot in the head by a couple who thought he and three other people were trespassing on their property died Saturday, authorities said.
Donald Coffey Jr. died Saturday morning at a Houston hospital, less than two days after the boy was struck in the head by shotgun pellets, Liberty County Sheriff's Cpl. Hugh Bishop said.

News That Stunned Us Liberty County Sheriff's Office Texas authorities say Gayle Muhs and his wife, Sheila, shot a 7-year-old boy in the head May 7 for supposedly trespassing on their property. Donald Coffey Jr., who had been off-roading with three other people roughly 40 miles northeast of Houston, died two days later on May 9. The two were charged with second-degree felony counts of aggravated assault

Sheila Muhs and her husband, Gayle Muhs, both 45, were charged with second-degree felony counts of aggravated assault in the shootings Thursday. They were being held at Liberty County Jail with bail set at $25,000 each and had not yet retained an attorney, Bishop said.
Bishop said the district attorney could upgrade the charges to murder on Monday, but investigators were "still trying to get the circumstances behind the incident."

The boy, his 5-year-old sister, their father and a family friend were off-roading near a residential area about 40 miles northeast of Houston when they were shot after stopping so the children could go to the bathroom.
Authorities said the couple fired after they mistakenly thought the group was trespassing on their property.
Bishop said the area includes a dirt road, trees and overgrown brush and that it wasn't uncommon for people to go off-roading there. The Houston Chronicle reported that a sign in front of the suspects' home reads: "Trespassers will be shot. Survivers will be reshot!! Smile I will."
Liberty County Chief Deputy Ken DeFoor said Sheila Muhs fired a 12-gauge shotgun once, then handed it to her husband, who also fired once.
DeFoor said Sheila Muhs then called 911 and told the dispatcher: "They're out here tearing up the levee, so I shot them."
DeFoor said the levee belonged to the subdivision and was not private property.
Bishop said there was no indication the unarmed victims did anything threatening toward the Muhs.
Donald Coffey Sr. suffered a pellet wound in his right shoulder and his daughter, Destiny, suffered a wound to the elbow. The family friend, 30-year-old Patrick Cammack, was in serious condition Saturday with a head wound, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center spokeswoman Alex Rodriguez said.

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Yup, the great results of everyone having the right to guns.

Everyone has the right to cars, but that does not mean everyone will use that right appropriately.

So, were they or were they not on private property?

The article doesn't clearly say.

If they were, well, they have learned a lesson.

If they were not, the shooter needs to rot in jail.


Now, what does this have to do with guns? Would you like that boy to be shot with an arrow, or trapped?

A seven year old young man went out for a day of riding the fun toys and doesn't come home.

How can one justify it?

This is my problem with guns. Innocents who lose their lives.

This child is gone now having done nothing wrong.


Until we can insure that inept individuals cannot get their hands on guns there needs to be more control over this.

Nope and it still doesn't matter. You don't shoot a seven year old for trespassing unless you have no brain to speak of.

If people could not get ahold of guns to shoot seven year olds then this wouldn't happen.

I don't? That is what you think?

You better check with your head doctor, before trespassing on my property.

But, I support your right to do whatever you want with your's.

that doesn't stop the gangs and other bad guys from getting guns what about the innocent lives caught in a drive by etc?

the couple will be prosecuted because of their stupidity. the family wasn't on private property.

If people could not get ahold of guns to shoot seven year olds then this wouldn't happen.

that doesn't stop the gangs and other bad guys from getting guns what about the innocent lives caught in a drive by etc?

the couple will be prosecuted because of their stupidity. the family wasn't on private property.