Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports
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- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2025Man Shot Himself Loading Gun in Car A man sitting in a car shot himself in a bank parking lot in Leesburg, Virginia. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition. He told police he was loading the gun when it fired. The shooting is under investigation. Source: Patrick Lewis, “Leesburg Police Investigate Accidental Shooting at Bank,” loudounnow.com (December 26, 2025).
- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2025Two People Killed in Unintentional Shootings on Christmas Day Sitting on a covered front porch in Comanche, Oklahoma, Sandra Phelps was accidentally shot and killed by 33-year-old Cody Wayne Adams target shooting less than half a mile away. Two adult family members were with Phelps on the porch; she was holding a child in one arm, with another one in …
- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2025Girl Injured By Gun Found in Bushes In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a girl was injured by a boy handling a gun that accidentally fired. She was taken to the hospital for surgery; her condition was not reported. The boy told police he found the gun in nearby bushes, and was showing it to the girl but didn’t realize it was …
- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2025Officer Accidentally Shoots Self in Foot During Dog Attack Responding to a dog attack in Detroit, Michigan, a police officer accidentally shot himself in the foot trying to subdue the dog when it charged at another officer. The dog was killed, and the injured officer was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Source: “Detroit Police Officer Accidentally Shoots Self in Foot While Trying to Shoot Dog,” fox2detroit.com (December 24, 2025).
- MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2025Two-year-old Killed in Accidental Shooting Va’Nyiah Mason, who just turned two on December 11th, was shot and killed in a “non-intentional shooting” between two people inside a residence in Columbus, Ohio. Va’Nyiah’s grandmother said the gun belonged to the toddler’s uncle, but so far no one has been charged. There is an ongoing investigation. Source: “Columbus Police Identify 2-year-old Girl Killed In …
- SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2025Teen Girl Shot Waiting to Buy Movie Tickets Victoria Hernandez, a 14-year-old girl, was shot in the stomach and grazed on her arm waiting in line to buy tickets to a movie outside a mall in Victorville, California. She is in stable condition and recovering at the hospital. On a GoFundMe page set up by her father, “[s]he was an …
- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025Two People Killed, One Injured, in Accidental Shootings Today While hunting on private property in Lexington, North Carolina, 40-year-old Zachary Wilson Cash was accidentally shot and killed by a hunting partner. Cash and the other person were about 120 yards apart. Cash was walking around in the woods trying to drive deer to his partner. His partner saw movement and fired, thinking …
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