Girl Mistakes Real Gun for BB Gun, and Husband Shoots Wife in Gun Cleaning Accident

Daejion Grant, 16, was unintentionally shot and killed by a 14-year-old girl in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The girl thought she was holding a BB gun, but it was instead a real handgun. She has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and is cooperating with police. “Daejion isn’t just a statistic,” a family friend said. “He was loved by his entire family, immediate and extended.”

In Bolingbrook, Illinois, 60-year-old Laurie Hendrickson was shot and killed by her husband, when a gun he was cleaning accidentally fired, striking her. After shooting his wife, Simeon Hendrickson, 61, intentionally shot himself and died at the scene; his wife died at the hospital.

Sources:

Chris Mautner, “14-year-old Girl Charged After 16-year-old Shot, Killed in Pa.: Reports,” pennlive.com (July 17, 2023).

Mike Valente, “Teen Shot and Killed in Uniontown Identified as Daejion Grant,” wtae.com (July 17, 2023).

Mike Stunson, “Wife, 60, Shot Dead as Husband Cleans Gun, Illinois Cops Say. He Then Killed Himself,” kansascity.com (July 17, 2023).