"I just shot my son by accident," a distraught father sobbed to a Cincinnati police 911 operator.
"Oh God. Get here quick."
"Please hurry."
The man, believing his 14-year-old son was at school, fatally shot the boy in the neck when he mistook him for an intruder at their East Price Hill home Tuesday morning.
The tragic shooting at 1216 Blanchard Ave. occurred around 6:30 a.m. The father, whose name has not been released, had recently dropped his son, Georta Mack, off at the school bus stop but the teen returned home.
After hearing a noise in the basement, the father grabbed a handgun to investigate. Georta startled the man, according to the frantic 911 call, and was accidentally shot in the neck.
Throughout the call Georta's father begs police to hurry, asking God why this has happened. He tells police his son is struggling to breathe as he held a cloth to his neck to slow the bleeding.
Shortly after, he exclaimed that his son stopped breathing.
Georta was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Shortly after 8:15 a.m., police said the boy had died at Children's Hospital.
Authorities say the father called 911. Police Lt. Steve Saunders says the father is being interviewed by police and has been cooperative.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Tuesday 12th of January 2016 09:27:31 PM
I am the father of two boys, ages 8 and 10. I am a teacher and an avid outdoorsman. When I was growing up, my family farmed about 700 acres along the James River.
I began hunting at age 5 with the use of my fathers five black-and-tan hounds. Hunting was a wonderful way to learn about the outdoors. Around age 14, I began to bow hunt.
This season, my 10-year-old asked to dog hunt with me. I was not sure how he would take to it, but he loved it from the start. On Dec. 21, he killed his first deer, a five-point buck. I was holding back tears as I hugged and kissed him, and he was so elated. My son and I connected on a deeper level and spent many days together learning about each other.
If dog hunting no longer exists one day, many young boys and girls wont have the chance to learn to hunt.
Landon Tucker
-- Edited by Snippy on Tuesday 12th of January 2016 09:34:25 PM
I was holding back tears as I hugged and kissed him, and he was so elated. My son and I connected on a deeper level and spent many days together learning about each other.
If dog hunting no longer exists one day, many young boys and girls wont have the chance to learn to hunt.
Landon Tucker -- Edited by Snippy on Tuesday 12th of January 2016 09:34:25 PM
