Sunday afternoon, Edward Taibi was hunting for deer in rural Swan Lake, New York. As he sat in his tree stand, a nice-looking deer came trotting into view. “Oh, that there’s a nice-looking goddamn deer,” Edward probably thought as he brought the rifle up to his shoulder and aimed it. The last thing going through the deer’s head just before it died was a bullet.

Before you’re like, “Aww, poor deer,” think of this: deer really aren’t that great.

If you’ve ever killed a deer (or a human), you get this huge rush of adrenaline after pulling the trigger. This was what Edward was experiencing as he ran through the woods, tracking the dead deer. When he found it, he was so excited that he fired his gun in celebration.

That celebratory shot was a bad idea. The bullet wasn’t fired straight up in the air, so it whizzed through the forest and through a nearby trailer home. 16-month old Charly Skala was struck in the upper body by the bullet and later died in the hospital. Edward is being held without bond for second degree manslaughter. New York law states that hunters must be over 500 feet away from a residence when discharging a firearm. In this case, Edward was 400 feet from the trailer home.

Part of me wants to feel bad for Edward because of the fact that this was a genuine accident. Yes, this truly must really suck balls for old Eddy. However, it’s common knowledge that celebratory gunfire must be directed at a 90 degree vertical angle upwards. A bullet free-falling at terminal velocity would leave a lump, but Mythbusters proved that it wouldn’t kill a person. Maybe if Edward would’ve watched that episode of Mythbusters, that little girl would still be alive.

Edward Taibi; doesn’t watch Mythbusters.