Three Children Killed in Gun Accidents

Three-year-old Clarence Byrd, IV shot and killed himself after he found a loaded handgun inside a home in Pink Hill, North Carolina. No charges have been filed yet but there is an ongoing investigation.

After he found a loaded gun left on a table in Eldon, Missouri, a boy fatally shot himself in the head. Albert Keel, 27, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Keel admitted that when he went to bed, he left the loaded, unsecured gun on the table. He slept so soundly that he didn’t hear the gunshot, and only discovered the wounded child on the floor after someone woke him up.

And in a vehicle in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Seely Rudolph, 18, was accidentally shot in the head and killed by a 17-year-old sitting in the back seat. Another woman was also in the car. The suspect said he got a semi-automatic 1911 pistol from a friend and was playing with it when the gun unintentionally fired. He is now in custody as officials determine what charges to file.

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