Child Injury (18 and Under) Indiana No Charges Filed August 10, 2020August 12, 2020 by Gary Klein

MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2020

A four-year old Gary, Indiana girl found a gun at 5:00 AM this morning and shot herself in the foot. She is hospitalized in stable condition.

Police are investigating the incident as a gun accident and no arrests have been made.

Source:

David Struett, “Unattended 4-year-old Shoo ts Self in Foot in Gary: Police,” Chicago Sun Time (August 11, 2020).

Child 5 or Under Child Found Gun in Home

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MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2022

Near Dixon Mississippi, “a 15-year-old and [a] 12-year-old were in a room with a gun safe and were handling a single-barrel 20-gauge, breach-loading shotgun with the hammer exposed when the gun went off in the 12-year-old’s hands and shot the 15-year-old in the back,” according to investigating authorities. The 15-year old died as his friends drove him to meet an ambulance.

The local Sheriff said that his office was not releasing any names to ensure that the family has the time and space to inform those they need to and to “collect themselves.” He added, “It is still unclear if they were just looking at the firearm or if it was more of a show and tell situation.”

Sources:

Duncan Dent, “Teen Killed in Accidental Ahooting Close to Dixon,” The Neshoba Democrat (January 5, 2022).