Taking a hunting gun to hunt for frogs, the bullet accidentally exploded, killing your father.

Phuong Hao DNUM_CJZAIZCACA 08:29

(Baonghean.vn) - Ha Van Tam (residing in Tan Ky, Nghe An) went to Ngan Van Tam's house to invite his friend to go hunting with a homemade gun. Due to carelessness, the gun exploded and shot Tam's father, Ngan Van Minh, in the head, causing his death.

On August 28, 2020, Tan Ky District People's Court tried the criminal case against Ha Van Tam (born in 1990), residing in Tan Son hamlet, Huong Son commune, Tan Ky district, for the crime of involuntary manslaughter.
Hà Văn Tâm tại phiên tòa. Ảnh: Phương Hảo
Ha Van Tam at the trial. Photo: Phuong Hao

According to the indictment, at about 6:30 p.m. on April 28, 2020, Ha Van Tam called and invited Ngan Van Anh, who lived in the same neighborhood, to go frog hunting, and Anh agreed. Then Tam asked Anh, "Do you want to bring a gun?" Anh replied, "Take me to see a weasel and I will shoot it," so Tam took the gun.flintlock gunTam bought it from Laos in 2015, along with 3 homemade bullets. Tam loaded a bullet into the barrel and brought the gun to Mr. Ngan Van Minh's house (born in 1969), Ngan Van Anh's father, to go frog hunting with Anh.

When he passed by Mr. Minh's house, Anh was taking a bath, so Tam sat waiting on the second step in front of Mr. Minh's house. While waiting, Tam placed the gun butt on the ground, clamped the butt with his ankles, placed the gun barrel on his shoulder facing up, the trigger facing inward, and the hammer facing outward.

At this time, Mr. Minh walked towards Tam and stood opposite him, asking Tam to fix the flashlight. A moment later, Mr. Minh stepped up the steps to the kitchen, but his foot got caught in Tam's knee, causing Mr. Minh to lose his balance, slide towards Tam, and his right foot stepped between Tam's legs, which were holding the gun, hitting the hammer of the homemade flintlock gun, causing the gun to explode, and the bullet hit Mr. Minh's right temple.

Người nhà nạn nhân tại phiên tòa. Ảnh: Phương Hảo
Victim's family at the trial. Photo: Phuong Hao

Seeing that, Tam called Anh and said, "Brother, your father stepped on a hammer and hit a bullet in the body, come and take him to the hospital", at the same time called his younger brother Ha Van Cuong (born in 1994) to go to Mr. Minh's house to bring the homemade flintlock gun and 2 bullets, a plastic box containing 3 seeds (suspected to be explosive seeds) and a plastic box containing a gray powder suspected to be (propellant) to bring home to hide. Cuong then handed over these exhibits to the Investigation Police Agency of Tan Ky District Police.

Due to the severity of his injuries, Mr. Minh died on the way to the emergency room. On April 29, 2020, realizing that his actions were illegal, Tam went to the Tan Ky District Police Investigation Agency to surrender.
The forensic conclusion stated that the cause of death of Mr. Ngan Van Minh was due to perforation, skull fracture, brain contusion, and hemorrhage due to a penetrating bullet.
During the investigation, Tam influenced the family to compensate Mr. Ngan Van Minh with money and goods, totaling 32.2 million VND. Now, the court requires Tam to compensate 112.8 million VND.
In addition to this crime, Tam also illegally stored explosives and NC propellants in the explosives group with a mass of 1.325 grams and a homemade gun of the hunting type. However, the act of illegally storing a hunting gun, explosives and NC propellants in the groupexplosivesnot to the extent of being prosecuted.

On the other hand, Tam has not been administratively sanctioned nor convicted of the crime of illegally manufacturing, storing, transporting, using, trading or appropriating hunting guns, primitive weapons, sports weapons or support tools, so the Investigation Police Agency has issued a Decision to administratively sanction Tam for this act.
At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Ha Van Tam to 18 months in prison.

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