Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports
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- SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026Child Injured by Stray Bullet A child sitting in a yard in Jackson, Mississippi, was injured after being struck by a stray bullet. Police went around the neighborhood to try to determine where the bullet came from. No other information was reported. Source: Kaitlin Howell, “Jackson Police Investigate After Child Injured by Stray Bullet,” wjtv.com (May 30, 2026).
- FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026Juvenile Injured After Finding Gun in Home A juvenile was accidentally shot in a Winston-Salem, North Carolina home. The victim and another juvenile were alone in the home and handling a gun they found, when it discharged. The victim was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. The mother of the two juveniles is cooperating with officials, as they continue …
- THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2026Toddler and Teen Hurt After Unintentionally Shooting Themselves A 17-year-old inside a car in Huntsville, Alabama, was injured when the gun he had with him unintentionally fired. The teen’s injuries were not considered life-threatening, but no other information about the incident was reported. And a two-year-old boy in Nashville, Tennessee, is in stable condition and is expected to recover, after he apparently …
- WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2026State Trooper Injured by Unintentional Discharge of Service Weapon A state trooper was injured in what “preliminarily appears to be an accidental discharge of his service weapon,” at a mounted unit barn in Acton, Massachusetts. The trooper was treated at the hospital and released. His standard issue duty weapon was a Sig Sauer P320; a firearm that has prompted many lawsuits over the years alleging …
- TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026Six-year-old Boy Dies After Shooting Himself in the Face In a St. Louis, Missouri home, Antone Little, age 6, died at the hospital several days after shooting himself in the face. Antone apparently found the loaded gun that 19-year-old Arquez Phipps told police he had placed between his mattress and box spring. Phipps was arrested on the day of the shooting, and …
- MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026Toddlers Injured in Two Separate Gun Accidents In Columbus, Ohio, a one-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital and is expected to be OK, after he shot himself in the foot with his father’s gun. Kejuan Harris, age 24, told police that he fell asleep with the gun underneath him; his son got a hold of it, causing it to …
- SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2026Two-year-old Boy Fatally Shoots Himself Inside a home in Chicago, Illinois, two-year-old Jamonte Shaw found a loaded gun and fatally shot himself. There is an ongoing investigation to determine the circumstances of the shooting; it is unclear how the toddler accessed the gun. A 31-year-old man is in custody, but police did not say what his relationship was to the …
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