Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports
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- MONDAY APRIL 20, 2026Girl Shot When Boyfriend Puts Gun in His Pants In Columbus, Ohio, the Glock 30 SF .45 Caliber that 18-year-old Xzavier Wiley was putting into his pants fired, striking his juvenile girlfriend in the head. “It just went off,” Wiley told police. His girlfriend’s condition was not reported. The gun was determined to be stolen; Wiley claims he bought it off the street. He faces a gun charge …
- SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026Teenager Fatally Shot by Best Friend In a Salem, Indiana home, 14-year-old Jameson Crawford, was pronounced dead after being accidentally shot in the head by a 14-year-old friend. The details of the shooting were not reported, but the 14-year-old was arrested and charged with reckless homicide. Jameson’s aunt described the two boys as “best friends,” and said the shooting was …
- SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026Woman Killed, Husband Injured, in Gun Cleaning Accident A deadly gun cleaning accident inside a home in Channelview, Texas, killed a 24-year-old woman and injured her 25-year-old husband. The man and his brother were in sitting at a table in the kitchen, dissembling and reassembling guns during the cleaning process. At some point the man’s firearm fired, striking his hand, …
- FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026Six-year-old Shot During Dispute at Ohio Park A six-year-old child was an innocent bystander who got shot during a dispute between juveniles at a park in Toledo, Ohio. The juveniles were arguing about toy Orby guns, which shoot biodegradable water-based gel beads. The argument escalated, and someone fired a real gun, striking the six-year-old in the legs. The child was …
- THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026Two People Injured in Hunting Accidents In Appalachia, Virginia, a person was injured in a hunting accident, and airlifted to the hospital for treatment. The circumstances of the accident, and the victim’s condition were not reported. And near Mangum, Oklahoma, a man was shot by his hunting partner on the opening day of turkey hunting season, and airlifted to the …
- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026Four People Injured After Gun Discharges Inside Grocery Store Multiple people were injured when a gun went off at a grocery store in Bonaire, Georgia. The firearm was in a customer’s pocket. When they went to retrieve something else from that pocket, the gun fired into the floor, sending fragments flying that injured four adults. One of the customers and her …
- TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026Toddler and Teen Wounded in Accidental Shootings in Florida In Tampa, Florida, a three-year-old boy injured his forearm after he discharged a gun that belonged to his mother’s 30-year-old boyfriend, Steve Jaleel Cleion Johnson. The boy, his mother, and Johnson were in bed, when Johnson left to go the bathroom leaving an unsecured gun behind. The boy took the gun …
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