Girl's bleeding from shooting mistaken for period
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California couple didn't report that their 10-year-old daughter had been shot for more than five hours because they mistook her bleeding for a period, police said Friday.
The girl was sleeping in her Hayward home around 2 a.m. Thursday when a stray bullet from drive-by shooting wounded her in the buttocks, Sgt. Mark Ormsby said.
When the girl woke up in pain and had blood in her underwear, her parents thought she had started her period, police said. They also found no indication she had been shot.
Ormsby said when she woke up for school and was still in pain, her parents inspected her bed and saw bullet holes.
full: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/girls-bleeding-shooting-mistaken-period
More detailed local article: http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24141084/hayward-police-release-more-information-girl-injured-drive
So...parents' fault for being ignorant, or an innocent mistake? What if the girl DIED? Would her parents be considered negligent?
And I've yet to hear of any solution from the NRA crowd about drive-by shootings. How about an armed guard for every home now? 
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