Hat tip to ALa at blonde sagacity:
From Sheboygan Press:
A Sheboygan woman shot her 8-year-old daughter in the leg with a BB gun to win a $1 bet with her boyfriend, authorities said Friday.
Angelique R. Vandeberg, 28, now faces up to three years in prison on a felony count of intentional child abuse issued Friday. Vandeberg’s daughter, a city elementary school student, told police her mother and the mother’s boyfriend were drinking heavily before the shooting, which occurred April 26 or 27, according to a criminal complaint.
The girl said the shot initially hurt so much she was unable to walk, the complaint said.
Police began looking into the incident Wednesday after a school counselor reported it to police. The girl was shot three or four days earlier, but a circular bruise with a white-colored point in the middle remained visible on her thigh, the counselor said.
The girl said the shooting occurred in her mother’s bedroom, where Vandeberg was with her boyfriend after she had consumed 10 to 12 beers.
The boyfriend bet Vandeberg $1 she wouldn’t shoot the child, then handed her the BB pistol. Vandeberg took it and shot the girl. The bullet, which did not break the skin, bounced off her leg and struck her 7-year-old brother, who was not injured.
The boyfriend then grabbed the gun, ran out of the house and drove away. Vandeberg told her daughter not to say anything, advising that the incident was a “family thing” and the mother would go to jail if the girl told.
The child said she soon developed a stomachache and was in too much pain to walk, so she went to sleep.
I’ve got an idea. I’ll make a $10 bet with this lady that she won’t shoot herself in the head with a Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver. Let’s see how that works out for her.
Sheboygan, Angelique R. Vandeberg
