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Woman jailed after 13-year-old girl dies from gunshot in Adana
Melek Göçer, 13, died after being shot at a home in Ceyhan, Adana.
She was taken to hospital on November 2 and died on November 5.
Her aunt, Bahriye Güzel Boçkır, told investigators she fired the gun.
Boçkır said the gun went off as she handled it and that the shooting was an accident.
She said she hid the gun and threw away its spent casing after her husband took Melek to hospital.
Police later recovered the gun and casing, and six people were detained during the investigation.
Boçkır and her husband were jailed, while the investigation continues into whether the shooting was accidental or deliberate.
A 13-year-old girl, Melek Göçer, died after being shot in the head in a home in Ceyhan, Adana.
Bahriye Güzel Boçkır told investigators that she fired the gun accidentally while handling it.
Boçkır and her husband, Hüseyin Can Boçkır, were jailed after being sent to court.
Investigators recovered the gun and spent casing, and the inquiry into whether the shooting was accidental or deliberate is continuing.
- Who
- Melek Göçer, 13, died. Bahriye Güzel Boçkır said she fired the gun; she and her husband, Hüseyin Can Boçkır, were jailed.
- What
- Göçer was shot in the head and later died in hospital.
- When
- The shooting happened on November 2. Göçer died on November 5.
- Where
- A home on 362 Sokak in the Fatih Sultan Mehmet neighborhood of Ceyhan, Adana.
- Why
- Boçkır said the gun fired accidentally as she handled it. Whether the shooting was accidental or deliberate remains under investigation.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Melek Göçer was shot at a home in Ceyhan and taken to hospital.
Göçer died in hospital and was buried at Ceyhan New Cemetery.
Bahriye Güzel Boçkır told police that she had fired the gun and showed them where she had thrown the casing.
Bahriye Güzel Boçkır and her husband, Hüseyin Can Boçkır, were jailed.
- Age of victim
- 13
- Victim
- Melek Göçer
- Location
- Ceyhan, Adana
- Shooting date
- November 2
- Date of death
- November 5
- Jailed suspects
- Bahriye Güzel Boçkır and Hüseyin Can Boçkır
What people are saying
This incident was entirely an accident; I did not do this deliberately.
I loved Melek very much; there was no problem between us.