SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2022

Quezariah Jackson, age three, of Kansas City, Missouri, was shot and killed on Christmas Eve. Police have released few details of the incident other than to state that the killing was unintentional and that they are not looking for any suspects.

Cesar Montelongo, 53, a Grand Prairie, Texas maintenance worker was found lying on a resident’s balcony at an apartment complex with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital where he died. Detectives believe that Montelongo was checking balconies for frozen and broken waterlines after several pipes had burst, when a resident mistook him for a burglar trying to break in. The resident allegedly grabbed his gun and shot Montelongo through a window. According to the report, the shooter has not been charged, but the case will be heard by a grand jury.

Sources:

Mike Coutee, “KCPD Identifies Child Killed in Christmas Eve Shooting,” fox4kc.com (December 26, 2022).

Alex Keller, “Grand Prairie Man Shoots & Kills Maintenance Worker He Mistook for Burglar,” CBS DFW (December 26, 2022).

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MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022

Three children, age 2, age 4, and age 15, were shot and injured in gun accidents today.

The two year-old, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, was shot with a semi-automatic pistol as he was sitting in his mother’s car, while she was speaking with someone through the window. Police have declined to say whether he accidentally shot himself or if someone else mishandled the gun. The boy was struck in the upper leg and is in stable condition after surgery.

In Ocala, Florida, a four-year old boy found a Ruger handgun that had been zipped inside a pocket of a sweater that belonged to a friend who was visiting his mother. The friend, an employee at a local prison, had taken off the sweater and had fallen asleep on the couch when the boy accessed the gun and shot himself in the hand. She has been arrested and charged with culpable negligence. According to the arrest affidavit, “the middle and ring fingers on [the boy’s] right hand needed to be ‘surgically reconstructed.’”

And in Warner Robins, Georgia, the 15-year old was accidentally shot in the chest by another child . Minimal details were reported other than that there were several people in the boy's home when the accident occurred.

Sources:

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Shattered – The Gun Accident Journal

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