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- MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2025Four People Injured in Gun Accidents A six-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the arm in a home in Conway, South Carolina. It appears his injuries are not life-threatening. The case is still active. Police are investigating an accidental shooting that injured a juvenile in Lumberton, North Carolina. It appears the victim shot themself in the abdomen. In Michigan City, Indiana, a 17-year-old boy …
- SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2025Two-year-old Kills Himself After Finding Unsecured Gun In Jacksonville, Florida, a two year-old boy died after shooting himself with an unsecured gun. The sheriff’s office is interviewing both parent to determine the circumstances of the shooting. Many details about the shooting are unknown, and it’s not clear if anyone will face charges. “It can happen to anyone. You might think it …
- SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025Three-year-old Girl Kills Herself After Finding Father’s Gun Under Couch Cushion A three-year-old girl in Omaha, Nebraska, was killed after finding her father’s loaded gun under a couch cushion. The child’s three siblings and both parents were home when the accident happened. The toddler’s eight-year-old sibling, also had access to the gun, and told police that they often saw the …
- FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025College Football Star Killed in Accidental, Self-inflicted Shooting In an apartment complex in Springfield, Missouri, police discovered 21-year-old Todric McGee with injuries sustained from what they are calling an accidental, self-inflicted shooting. He died the next morning at the hospital. Police are continuing to investigate. Todric was a star defensive player for Missouri State University, where he was entering his …
- THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2025Two Deadly Accidental Shootings Inside a car in Genoa, West Virginia, a person was showing his gun to a high school student when it unintentionally fired, fatally striking the teen in the stomach. A third person was also in the car during the incident. Schools in the county were on spring break, but through a statement notified the community about …
- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025Accidental Shooting Injures Woman Police have determined that the shooting of a woman in Burlington, Iowa was an accident. She was shot in the leg and treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the hospital. No other information was reported. Source: Linda Cook, “Shooting in Burlington Ruled Accidental,” ourquadcities.com (April 17, 205).
- TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025Two People Wounded by Guns Carried in Pockets While standing in a snack bar line at a movie theater in San Antonio, Texas, Maximus Sabastian Xavier Iruegas, age 22, was grazed in the leg when a gun in his pocket unintentionally fired. Police recovered the gun and charged Iruegas with unlawful carrying of a weapon in a prohibited place, and …
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