Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports
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- MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2026Two People Shot as Innocent Bystanders, 25-year-old Woman Dies In a parking lot in Beaumont, Texas, 25-year-old Nastazia Corbin and a friend got caught in the crossfire of a gunfight, and were shot sitting inside a vehicle. Both were critically injured and airlifted for treatment. Nastazia suffered a severe brain injury and died the next day; the friend survived. The …
- SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2026Police Officer Accidentally Shoots Himself After his shift in Shreveport, Louisiana, a police officer was unloading his car and accidentally shot himself in the leg. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. Source: Bailey Thomas, “Shreveport Police Officer Accidentally Shoot Himself After His Shift,” ksla.com (June 1, 2026).
- 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 …
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