He shot his daughter, thinking she was a thief

An American shot and killed his 16-year-old daughter when he thought she was a burglar trying to break into his home in a suburb of Ohio, police and local media said.

In the details, a woman called the ambulance services around 4:30 am on Wednesday, and reported that her 16-year-old daughter, Jenay, was seriously injured by a bullet in the garage.

The father who shot her, thinking she was an intruder, was dazed and asked her about her condition.

While the parents were waiting for the police to arrive, they begged their daughter to get up, according to the local newspaper, Columbus Dispatch, which has seen the recording of the call.

But the attempts of the parents were of no avail, as the police report indicated that the girl, who was taken to a hospital, died an hour later from her injuries.

"In any case, if you're the one pulling the trigger, it's important to know who your target is," a police official told ABC6 Columbus, a local station in Columbus, the capital of Ohio in the northern United States.

Three people, aged six, nine and 22, were killed on 7 December in a shooting less than two kilometers from the scene. The two dead children attended the same school as Jenay.

The Columbus Police report indicated that this incident is the 202nd crime in the year 2021 in this city, which has a population of about two million people.

Incidents of gun violence have increased since the beginning of the pandemic in the United States, where the Constitution permits the carrying of guns.

More than 44,000 people have been killed since the beginning of the year, including 1,517 minors, including suicide victims, according to the website Gavyolence Archive.

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