MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022

Dominique Poindexter, age 22, of Charleston, West Virginia was unintentionally shot and killed tonight by his friend Marcus Lee Linville. Linville, 23, is charged with wanton endangerment in connection with the shooting.

Police Investigators said Linville “thought the gun was unloaded when he fired at Poindexter, shooting him in the head.” They added that Linville and Poindexter were playing with the gun at the time of the incident.

This is another death that might have been prevented if all guns were required to have loaded chamber indicators.

Source:

“Charleston Man Accused of Accidentally Shooting, Killing Friend Charged in Incident,” Metro News (August 3, 2022).

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022

A pair of three-year old children found loaded guns in their homes and accidentally shot themselves today.

In Birmingham, Alabama, a three-year old found a family member’s loaded gun in his home and shot himself in the leg. He is expected to survive. The report notes that it was the second incident in Jefferson County this week in which a toddler found a gun and used it to shoot himself. On Tuesday, Kyler Small of Hueytown, Alabama, age 2, used his mother’s gun to shoot and kill himself.

And in Detroit, Michigan, another three-year old took a loaded gun from his mother’s friend’s coat pocket and shot himself in the head. The coat had been left on a living room chair. The child is in stable condition undergoing treatment at the hospital, and is expected to survive. The gunowner, Janette Smith, has been charged with negligent or reckless use of a firearm.

Sources:

Carol Robinson, “3-year-old Boy Finds Loaded Gun, Shoots Self at Jefferson County Home,” al.com (January 15 2022).

Dave Bartkowiak, Jr., “Roseville Woman Charged Af ter 3-year-old Boy Shoots Himself at Detroit Home,” Click-on Detroit (January 16, 2022).

Shattered – The Gun Accident Journal

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