The Consequences of Inattention to Gun Safety

Daily Summaries of Unintended Shooting Incidents Based on Local Media Reports

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  • SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2026
    19-year-old Accidentally Shot by 16-year-old Family Member In Elkhart, Indiana, a 19-year-old was accidentally shot in the back of the head by a 16-year-old male family member. The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and was taken to the hospital for treatment. The case is being reviewed by the prosecutor’s office. Source: “Teen Accidentally Shoots Family Member in Back of Head in …
  • SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026
    12-year-old Boy Accidentally Shot and Killed by Friend In his home in Atlanta, Georgia, 12-year-old Cameron Coney was accidentally shot and killed by a 14-year-old friend. Some of Cameron’s friends had came over that day and brought a gun with them. “It was told that one of them pointed a gun at all of the friends in there, and when he …
  • FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2026
    Two-year-old Fatally Shot by Four-year-old Sibling Two-year-old Crewe Zahradnik, died at the scene in Lamartine, Wisconsin, after a four-year-old sibling shot him with a gun found in the center console of the family’s vehicle. The siblings, and a third child, were in the vehicle in the driveway of their home, when their parent went back into the house to get …
  • THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2026
    Toddlers Shoot Themselves in Two Separate Gun Accidents A two-year-old boy in Harvey, Louisiana, shot himself with a gun he found in his uncle’s home. The boy is expected to survive. His uncle, 29-year-old Cedric Johnson, was arrested on multiple charges including cruelty to a juvenile, obstruction of justice, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.  And a …
  • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2026
    Woman Accidentally Shot During Fight at Smoke Shop A woman was accidentally shot during a fight with another person in a Raleigh, North Carolina smoke shop. A verbal argument between the two had escalated. The suspect hit the woman in the face with a pistol, causing it to fire a bullet that grazed the woman’s chest. She was taken to …
  • TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2026
    Four-year-old Child Injured in Gun Cleaning Accident A gun discharged while 22-year-old Travon Prater was cleaning it, injuring a four-year-old child in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The child was airlifted to the hospital for surgery; their current condition was not reported. Prater told police he was reassembling a Glock 17, and it “went off” when he inserted the magazine. Officers recovered the gun, and …
  • MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2026
    One-year-old Child Accidentally Shot and Killed Authorities did not reveal the circumstances that led up to the accidental shooting death of a one-year-old child in Elliston, Virginia. The child was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital with traumatic injuries. Jarron Shirk, age 29, faces multiple charges including felony homicide, child abuse and neglect, child endangerment, and charges related …

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