OFFICE AT THE TWO-YEAR-OLD
FOUND THE GUN INSIDE THE HOME
AND SHOT HIMSELF.
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN
HOW THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO GET
THE WEAPON.
AUTOPSY REVEALED CHILD SHOT IN
THE HEAD.
SCARY MOMENTS IN GREENVILLE
TONIGHT.
THEY WERE CALLED TO WALMART FOR
ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION.
7 NEWS BEN HOOVER JOINS US LIVE
FROM THE STORE ALONG HIGHWAY 25
BYPASS WITH ONE EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
BEN?
DIANE, THIS IS ONE OF THE
PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE
STORIES.
THE CHILD IS OKAY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY BUT EARLIER
TODAY THINGS WERE FAR
DIFFERENT.
10:30 PM FRIDAY MORNING
OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE CALLED
TO WALMART AND HIGHWAY 25
BYPASS IN GREENWOOD.
FOR REPORT OF ATTEMPTED
ABDUCTION OF A CHILD INSIDE THE
STORE.
APPARENTLY HE APPROACHED THE
CHILD AND IT WAS INTERCHANGE OF
SOME SORT IN THE CHILD WAS ABLE
TO GET AWAY FROM HIM AND RUN TO
THE PARENTS.>> JONATHAN WITH
GREENVILLE POLICE SAY THE
NINE-YEAR-OLD WAS NOT HURT AND
PRAISED THE BOYS BRAVERY.
THE CHILD DID A GOOD JOB OF
GETTING AWAY FROM HIM AND
RUNNING TO MOM AND DAD AND
LETTING HIM KNOW THAT SOMETHING
WAS WRONG.
NOT AN EXTREMELY YOUNG CHILD.
SORT OF AGE WHERE PARENTS MAY
WANT TO RUN INTO THE BATHROOM
AND STAND OUT HERE AND WAIT.
POLICE WILL NOT SAY EXACTLY
WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THE BOY.
WITHIN AN HOUR OF ARRIVING
OFFICER LOCATED SUSPECT IN HIS
CAR.
THE MAN WAS ARRESTED.
HE SAID WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS A
REMINDER TO PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS.
IT IS A SAD REALITY CHECK.
WE NO LONGER LIVE IN A DAY AND
AGE WHERE YOU CAN LET THEM RUN
OUT FROM SUNUP TO SUNDOWN AND
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WATCHFUL
EYE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN
PUBLIC PLACES.
JUST BEFORE THIS NEWSCAST
POLICE SAYING THEY HAVE THE
SUSPECT AND LISTED HIS CHARGES
ARE BREATHING FOR YOU NOW.
CRIMINAL SOLICITATION OF A
MINOR IN ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO
HAVE SEXUAL CONDUCT.
HE WILL BE IN BOND COURT
TOMORROW.
FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN
GREENWOOD.
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