SHAME!!! KANSAS CITY 1ST DEGREE ENDANGERMENT CHARGES AGAINST FATHER AFTER CHILD SHOT TO DEATH!!!

This follow-up to a tragic gunfire incident is important because of debate among the law enforcement community about how this death should count under Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) standards . . . Some cities don't list these kinds of deaths as homicides but KCPD has typically has counted these tragic incidents as part of local homicide data since there is no "justified" ruling from the courts . . . And now there are criminal charges.

Check the deets of this tragedy:

KCTV5: Father facing charges after young daughter fatally shot

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According to court documents, "THE SUSPECT stated he normally keeps his handgun loaded, either under the pillow on his bed in the northwest bedroom or under the mattress of the same bed." He said the gun would have been in one of those two spots while he slept. He also told police there was marijuana in the home.

"People make mistakes. Accidents happen. I just don't want everybody thinking my cousin was just a lowlife, no good just because of one incident. It was major, but my cousin was good to his kids. He worked hard. A lot of people don't see it because of how he is, or what they perceived about my cousin," A RELATIVE said.

Block is being held on a $150,000 bond.

Sadly, the real response to the increased murder count isn't anything really new in terms of crime fighting but a very real political pressure to tighten up numbers as City Hall works to cutback police officers on local streets . . .

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