Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports
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- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 202613-year-old Boy Brain Dead After Being Shot By Best Friend Jonah Tanner, age 13, was accidentally shot by his 16-year-old best friend in a Syracuse, New York home. After shooting Jonah, the friend turned the gun on himself and died at the scene. Jonah has been declared brain dead at the hospital, and is being kept alive so his organs …
- TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2026Man Fires Bullet Through Wall Injuring Family Member on Couch In a Glendale Heights, Illinois home, Fernando Cardoso was handling a .45 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun in his bedroom when the gun fired, sending a bullet through the wall and into the living room, striking a family member sleeping on the couch. The victim was taken to the hospital, …
- MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2026Three-year-old Boy Shoots Himself in Vehicle A three-year-old boy shot himself in the parking lot of an animal clinic in Waynesboro, Mississippi. The boy’s caretaker had stepped out of the vehicle, leaving the boy and an infant in the car when the shooting happened. The child was airlifted to the hospital in stable condition. Police are hoping witnesses to the …
- SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026Two People Injured in Gun Accidents Today In an extended stay hotel in Lewisville, Texas, a juvenile was shot in the leg in it what police believe to be an accidental, self-inflicted shooting. The victim was taken to the hospital, but their condition was not reported. Police continue to investigate. And a 31-year-old man in his home in Woobridge, Virginia, …
- SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026Two Injured in Gun Accidents Involving Young Children A gun accidentally discharged in a home in Harrisburg, Arkansas, injuring a four-year-old child after the bullet ricocheted off a concrete surface. The child was hit by either bullet or concrete fragments, and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. There is a continuing investigation into the circumstances of the shooting. …
- FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026Four-year-old Struck by Stray Bullet From Next-door Neighbor In West Sacramento, California, a four-year-old boy was injured when a shot that was fired from an adjacent apartment struck him in the leg. Identified as Roman by his mother, she said the family was spending the afternoon together, and that Roman and his three-year-old sister were playing with toys when he was shot. She …
- THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026Man Shoots Himself in Hand Cleaning Gun In Waldorf, Maryland, the gun a 41-year-old man was cleaning, unintentionally fired seriously injuring his left hand. The injuries, though serious were not life-threatening, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police are investigating the shooting. Source: JB, “Man Taken to Trauma Center After Gun Goes Off While Being Cleaned in Waldorf,” thebaynet.com …
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