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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020

Four accidental shooting victims are taking up hospital beds amidst the coronavirus medical crisis, after gun accidents in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and California today. 

In Jeanerette, Louisiana, a boy was accidentally shot in the neck during “horseplay.”  The adult shooter was arrested and charged with illegal discharge of a weapon.

A man in Lake Jackson, Texas accidentally shot himself and was “seriously injured.” He was taken by ambulance, then medical helicopter, to a Houston hospital.

In Fairhope, Alabama, a teenager was accidentally shot in the driveway of his home.  He was also taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.

A 28-year old Long Beach California man accidentally shot himself, but his injuries are not considered life-threatening.  He suffered a wound to his “lower extremities.”

 Few other details of these incidents are publicly available.

Sources:

“Jeanerette Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Juvenile in Neck Area,” KATC3 (April 18, 2020).

Maddy McCarty, “Man Accidentally Shoots Himself,” The Facts (April 17, 2020).

Carey Cox, “Fairhope police: Teen Accidentally Shot in Driveway,” News5 WKRG (April 17, 2020).

“Man Accidentally Shoots Himself in Long Beach, But Is Expected to Survive,” MyNewsL.A.com (April 17, 2020).

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