Tullahoma TN May 16 2013 A 13-month-old girl was listed in critical but stable condition Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital and her father has been charged with aggravated assault after accidentally shooting her in the chest, according to police.
Kevin Sayre Jr., 26, of Eastgate Apartments on Silver Street, was arrested Monday afternoon by Nashville Metro Police on the charges after they were notified that Sayre was at the Nashville hospital.
Around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Tullahoma officer Tommy Elliott was dispatched to Eastgate Apartments in reference to a gunshot wound to an infant. While the officer was on his way to the apartment, he was notified by the Coffee County Communications Center that the parents were transporting the child by private vehicle to Harton Regional Medical Center.
A witness, Amy Potts, told officers that when Sayre and girlfriend Kayla Ventress returned to their residence he was showing his handguns and demonstrating how the slides would interchange on two pistols.
The police report states that he dropped the clip, pulled the trigger to release the slide and the 9mm pistol fired, a bullet striking the little girl in the chest.
Medical personnel at Harton stabilized the child and she was then airlifted to the Nashville hospital.
Sayre was being held in the Metro-Nashville Jail awaiting transport to Coffee County, where he is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Thursday. His bond was set at $20,000.
Tullahoma Detective Tyler Hatfield is investigating the shooting incident.
Kevin Sayre Jr., 26, of Eastgate Apartments on Silver Street, was arrested Monday afternoon by Nashville Metro Police on the charges after they were notified that Sayre was at the Nashville hospital.
Around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Tullahoma officer Tommy Elliott was dispatched to Eastgate Apartments in reference to a gunshot wound to an infant. While the officer was on his way to the apartment, he was notified by the Coffee County Communications Center that the parents were transporting the child by private vehicle to Harton Regional Medical Center.
A witness, Amy Potts, told officers that when Sayre and girlfriend Kayla Ventress returned to their residence he was showing his handguns and demonstrating how the slides would interchange on two pistols.
The police report states that he dropped the clip, pulled the trigger to release the slide and the 9mm pistol fired, a bullet striking the little girl in the chest.
Medical personnel at Harton stabilized the child and she was then airlifted to the Nashville hospital.
Sayre was being held in the Metro-Nashville Jail awaiting transport to Coffee County, where he is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Thursday. His bond was set at $20,000.
Tullahoma Detective Tyler Hatfield is investigating the shooting incident.