The Consequences of Inattention to Gun Safety

Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports

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  • THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026
    Teenager Shot With Gun Thought To Be Unloaded In a home in Clinton, Iowa, a 15-year-old boy was injured when the gun that 23-year-old Caleb Davis pointed at him, fired. The boy’s current condition was not reported. Davis told police that he and people in the home routinely “dry fired” guns at one another, and thought the gun was unloaded, …
  • WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026
    Man Fatally Shot by Friend At a home in Kissimmee, Florida, 21-year-old Orlando Jose Canizales, was shot and killed by his friend, 22-year-old Carlos Moises Garcia, who mishandled a loaded gun that fired. Canizales was pronounced dead at the hospital. Garcia was arrested and charged with manslaughter with a firearm. Source: Josh Frigerio, “Florida Man Shot Friend While ‘Mishandling’ Gun, Deputies …
  • TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026
    Eight-year-old Girl Injured in Accidental Shooting An eight-year-old girl sustained non-life-threatening injuries, in an accidental shooting in Kent, Washington, and has since been released from the hospital. No other circumstances of the incident were reported, but police said everyone involved is cooperating in the ongoing investigation.  Source: “Child Shot, Hospitalized in Kent; Police Investigating Incident as Accidental,” komonews.com (May 5, …
  • MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026
    15-year-old Innocent Bystander Injured in National Mall Shooting A 15-year-old boy got caught in the gunfire between Secret Service agents and 45-year-old Michal Marx near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. The boy is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. It is unclear if Marx, or the agents, shot the boy. A firearm was recovered at the scene. The incident began when …
  • SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2026
    Man Shot and Killed in a Car A man was accidentally shot and killed in a car in Port Orchard, Washington.  Three men were sitting in the car listening to music and smoking marijuana. Lucas B. Johnson, age 21, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, pulled out a gun while “fake arguing” with another man in the backseat when …
  • SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2026
    Innocent Woman Injured in Drive-by Shooting In New Braunfels, Texas, a 25-year-old woman was injured after multiple shots were fired during a drive-by shooting.  Three men had been involved in a physical altercation. One of them got in his car and fired at the other two as they walked downtown, then sped off. Two men were injured, as well as the woman who was …
  • FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2026
    Teen Injured After Shooting Himself At his house in Dayton, Ohio, a 16-year-old boy was handling a gun that fired, hitting him in the upper arm. He was taken to the hospital with not-life-threatening injuries. The shooting is under investigation. Source: Megan Finke, “Teen Hospitalized After Accidental Shooting in Montgomery County,” whio.com (May 1, 2026).

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