FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2024

Four-year-old Shot Self in Vehicle, and 15-year-old Critically Injured After Gun Accidentally Discharged

A four-year-old boy shot himself while waiting in a vehicle at a business parking lot in Sacramento, California. He is expected to recover. His mother was inside a business at the time of the shooting, and has been charged on multiple counts, including criminal storage of a firearm and endangering the life of a child.

And in a home in San Antonio, Texas, a gun accidentally discharged, critically injuring a 15-year-old boy. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The teen was with a 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, and it appears that one of them brought the gun. They are considered suspects, but so far no charges have been filed.

Sources:

Harika Maddala, Peyton Headlee, “Mother Arrested After 4-year-old Shoots Himself With Gun in Sacramento, Police Say,” kcra.com (October 25, 2024).

“Police Say 15-year-old Shot, Critically Injured on Southwest Side After Gun Accidentally Discharged,”ksat.com (October 26, 2024).

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Gun Accidents Involving Law Enforcement Officers; One Woman Killed, Four Other People Injured

In Ocala, Florida, a county deputy, Leslie Boileau, killed his girlfriend when he accidentally shot her in the head while they were cleaning guns. According to Boileau, he and his girlfriend both drank three margaritas at dinner. When they came home, they decided that Boileau would show her how to disassemble and clean an AR-style rifle and 9mm handgun with supplies that had just arrived. He admitted that they were pointing guns at each other.

“Boileau stated he grabbed the rifle and dry-fired it one time. On the second dry fire attempt, Boileau had forgotten that he placed the loaded magazine into the rifle which shot one live round in the direction of (his girlfriend), ultimately killing her,” reads the arrest report. With the sheriff’s office for eight years, Boileau was immediately fired. He has been charged with manslaughter.

Inside the men’s locker room in the district building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an off-duty officer’s gun unintentionally discharged when he dropped it, grazing another officer in the leg. The injured officer was taken to the hospital for treatment and is expected to be OK.

In Manassas, Virginia, a law enforcement officer shot himself in the leg during an active training exercise. His injuries were non-life-threatening.

And during a firearm training drill in Decatur, Alabama, an officer was grazed in the leg by a discharge from his own gun, and another officer received a minor injury from a bullet fragment. Both were treated at the hospital and released.

Sources:

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Shattered – The Gun Accident Journal

Four-year-old Shot Self in Vehicle, and 15-year-old Critically Injured After Gun Accidentally Discharged

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