Fixed for accurateness.
I hate it when the press deliberately uses passive tense verbs when exculpating cops of stuff like this... "three children were treated for minor injuries" rather than "causing injury to 3 children whom paramedics treated for minor injuries."
Had it been a non-shiny-badger who fired the weapon there would be a lot less passive tense going on here.
Except that your "fix" deviates significantly from the facts regarding what actually happened. It was, in fact, a non-shiny-badger who pulled the trigger.
This incident illustrates why Eddy Eagle is still a good idea. Kids need to understand that when you move that little metal lever down there, bad things can happen.