Two men and a 10-year old boy were hospitalized with wounds suffered in accidental shootings today.  Very little information is available about what happened in any of the gun accidents.

In Bourne, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, a man was accidentally shot while cleaning his gun.  He was hospitalized in Rhode Island with non-life threatening injuries. 

A Caldwell, Idaho man suffered injuries from what investigators called a self-inflicted accidental discharge.  He was taken to a local hospital.

The 10-year old accidentally shot himself in Phoenix, Arizona.  An unidentified woman was home with him at the time of the accident.  The boy was hospitalized, but is expected to survive.  It’s not clear how he obtained a gun.

Sources:

Beth Treffeisen, “Bourne Man Accidentally Shoots Himself while Cleaning Gun,” Cape Cod Times (November 21, 2020).

“Man Injured in Accidental Shooting at Caldwell Apartment,” KTVB 7 (November 20, 2020).

David Baker, “10-year-old Finds Gun and Shoots Himself, Phoenix Police Say,” azfamily.com (November 21, 2020).