Nine year old boy hurt in shooting

Braden Schroeder, 9, was walking down the street with his grandfather Saturday afternoon in the Monte Vista Mobile Home Park in Roy, Utah, when he was hit with multiple pellets from the 12-gauge shotgun of David Dunlap, 28.  According to the Roy Police Chief, Greg Whinham, the police department believes the discharge of the weapon was negligent, and there was evidence that David Dunlap was impaired by alcohol at the time of the incident.  Investigators report that Dunlap told them he was cleaning his shotgun inside a mobile home at the time of the shooting.  He claimed it was his practice to reload and then dry fire the weapon.  This Saturday, the gun was pointing at a nearby window at the time of the “dry fire.”  Whinham explains that reloaded a weapon and then dry firing is not standard practice, and they believe alcohol impairment contributed to the action.  Schroeder was struck with multiple pellets, stretching from his neck to his legs.  He was flown to Primary Children’s Medical Center, and Monday was listed in critical but stable condition.

Police met with the Weber County prosecutors Monday to discuss the possibility of criminal charges against Dunlap, but there has been no arrest and no charges brought forward at this time.