[Vision2020] OUCH!

[Sam Scripter]

I ask that below out of ignorance and curiosity . . .

Re: Spokesman Review story -- Boy shot in groin

Question: Why/what business does a Sheriff's officer have to be
looking in closets while investigating what appears to be an accidental
shooting, and most likely had nothing to do with closet contents? E.g.,
is anything sacred and private in one's dwelling . . . The attic, the
basement, the garage . . .

Question more specifically: Is a resident's whole dwelling and
property/lot up for investigation, once a "peace" officer is inside
the dwelling, at the whim of the officer?

Sam S

Tom Hansen wrote:
> Courtesy of the Spokesman Review.
>
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> Teen survives shotgun blast to his groin
>
> A Spokane Valley teenager was shot in the groin by his brother who was
> cleaning a shotgun when the weapon discharged Saturday evening.
>
> The shotgun was loaded with bird shot, which passed through a sofa before
> striking the teenager in the apparently accidental shooting, a Spokane
> County sheriff's spokesman said.
>
> The youth, whose injuries were not considered life-threatening, was taken
> to a local hospital.
>
> Officers responding to the shooting at an apartment on the 700 block of
> North McDonald Road discovered a small marijuana-growing operation in a
> closet of the apartment, the spokesman said. The incident remained under
> investigation.
>
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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