Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports
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- FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026Accidental Shooting Killed Woman in Vehicle A woman was accidentally shot and killed in a vehicle in the parking lot of a shopping plaza in Memphis, Tennessee. The shooting involved a child. Police believe the car was leaving the parking area when it came to a stop. At this time, they did not release the victim’s identity. Detectives are investigating …
- THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026Man Injured in Gun Cleaning Accident A man was injured in an accidental discharge while cleaning a firearm in his home in Chillicothe, Ohio. He told police he recently retrieved a gun safe from the remains of his old residence that had been destroyed by a fire earlier this year. Some of the guns were beginning to rust, so he …
- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2026Juvenile Male Injured in Accidental Shooting Few details were reported about “what appears to be an accidental shooting involving a juvenile male,” in Antioch, Tennessee. The child was with his mother, and his injuries were not life-threatening. There is an investigation into the shooting. Source: Jessica Barker, “MNPD Responds to ‘Accidental’ Shooting of Juvenile Male in Antioch,” wkrn.com (March 4, 2026).
- TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2026Two People Accidentally Shoot Themselves In Long Beach, California, a man injured himself after he “negligently discharged a firearm.” He was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his lower body. Police recovered the gun, and continue to investigate. And in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a person was taken to the hospital in stable condition with a likely …
- MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2026Six-year-old Girl Shot and Killed in Vehicle In a shopping center parking lot in Detroit, Michigan, six-year-old Rebecca Brundidge was fatally shot after being left unattended in a car with four siblings. Their mother, 41-year-old Tonya Charisse-Annise Johnson, had gone into a restaurant, and left her five children, ages two to 11 years old, in the car. “During that time …
- SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2026Six-year-old Girl in Stable Condition After Shooting Herself A six-year-old girl in Detroit, Michigan, is in stable condition after shooting herself in the shoulder and thumb with an unsecured gun. Her father, Marcellis Dushaun Williams, age 39, was charged with violating Michigan’s safe storage law. “We have had many tragedies in Wayne County where children have died or suffered serious injury …
- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026Man Killed in Raccoon Hunting Accident In Rochester, Indiana, 31-year-old Andrew Boots was hunting raccoons with a group of people, when he was struck in the abdomen by a bullet that ricocheted off a tree. He later died at the hospital. It was determined that a member of the hunting party shot at a raccoon climbing a tree; the bullet …
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