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Gun Discharge Injures Boy, 3; Sends Felon Back To Jail

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 8, 2008

JACKSONVILLE - JACKSONVILLE - A convicted felon was charged Monday with possessing a gun that went off and left his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his neck, police said.

Nicholas Fairclough, 27, had a sawed-off shotgun and a .38-caliber derringer in a duffel bag that was knocked to the floor by the child, Lt. Pat Ivey of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said.

The boy's mother, Alicia Bronner, told police she was in another room folding laundry Sunday evening when she heard a gunshot. She ran into the living room and saw her 3-year-old, Eric L. Bell, bleeding. The boy was listed in critical condition at Shands Jacksonville hospital.
Fairclough was charged with culpable negligence, possession of a short-barreled shotgun and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was being held without bond in the Duval County jail. Jail records do not show if he has a lawyer. Police said Fairclough has a 2006 conviction for narcotics trafficking.
Bronner was not charged. Police were told the guns were used during a July 4 celebration, Ivey said.

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