Arizona Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested Michigan Ongoing Investigation Texas April 20, 2024April 24, 2024 by Gary Klein

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024

Two Teens Dead, One Teen Injured in Unintentional Shootings

A group of friends were in the bedroom of a home in Jackson, Michigan, when 15-year-old Carter Miller was fatally shot in the chest. After speaking with some of the witnesses, police believe the shooting was an accident, but will continue to investigate.

In Aransas Pass, Texas, 18-year-old Philip Esslinger died after being accidentally shot by someone at the same location, who was working on a shotgun that unintentionally discharged. No other information was reported as police continue to investigate.

And in the break room of a restaurant in Surprise, Arizona, a 16-year-old employee was showing a gun to a 17-year-old co-worker, when the gun unintentionally fired hitting the co-worker in the chest. The 17-year-old was treated at the hospital and released. The 16-year-old was arrested on multiple charges including unlawful discharge of firearms and possession of a firearm as a minor.

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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.

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