Two People Injured in Accidental Shootings

A woman was struck in the stomach by a bullet that came through her kitchen wall in Stafford, Virginia. Her neighbor, Derek Avery-Craft, admitted to officers that he had pulled the trigger of a handgun that had a round in the chamber. The bullet traveled through his garage, across the roughly 200 feet between their properties, and through the victim’s kitchen wall striking a can she was holding before entering her torso. She was taken to the hospital, and Avery-Craft has been charged with reckless handling of a firearm.

And in Lafayette, Indiana, a man arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound that was not life-threatening. It appears that the man shot himself accidentally. Police are investigating the shooting.

Sources:

Cecilia Levine, “Woman Shot by Neighbor Through His Garage, Her Kitchen Wall in Stafford: Police,” dailyvoice.com (April 30, 2024).

“Man Checks Into Hospital After Early Morning Lafayette Shooting,” wlfi.com (April 30, 2024).