Boy, 11, guarding "caregiver" dad's pot shoots self in foot (Bloomfield, Colorado)

Very occasionally, you come up with the rare headline that pretty much captures the essence of the story. This case, which involves a "caregiver" UNNAMED DAD, is one of them. Wonder where Mom was while Dad was "caregiving" by forcing Junior to guard his stash at gunpoint? Working? Was this a single dad? As usual, there is no explanation.

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Task Force: Boy, 11, guarding dad's pot shoots self in foot

Posted: 03/02/2010 01:00:00 AM MST
Updated: 03/02/2010 08:05:41 AM MST

BROOMFIELD — The North Metro Task Force says an 11-year-old boy shot himself in the foot after his father used him to guard a medical- marijuana operation.

"I think the 11- year-old was protecting the marijuana grow," said task force spokesman Jerry Peters. "It's a lucrative business."

9News isn't naming the Broomfield man because he has not been charged. Peters said police plan to make an arrest today and charge the father of two with cultivation of marijuana and child abuse.

Peters said the boy shot himself with a .22-caliber pistol.

The boy's father said the incident "was an accident." Both he and his son are avid hunters, and the gun is his son's weapon.

The father described himself to investigators as a "caregiver" and said he had licenses for some of the 30 plants.

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