SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2025

Toddler Killed After Finding Gun on Bed

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, three-year-old Kenari Windom accessed a black pistol lying on a bed that discharged, fatally striking the toddler in the abdomen. The alleged gun owner, 22-year-old Anthony Grizzard Jr., was dating the roommate of Kenari’s mother. Both of them were in the bedroom with another adult at the time of the shooting, and Grizzard was playing a video game with the gun next to him when the child got ahold of it. “It has yet to be determined whose hand was on the firearm when it went off, but the shot resulted in the gunshot wound to the three-year-old’s abdomen,” according to an affidavit. Grizzard fled the scene, but was arrested the next day, and booked on complaints of second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Sources:

Jennifer Pierce, “Felon Arrested by Marshals After Accidental Shooting Claims Toddler’s Life in NE OKC,” news9.com (July 8, 2025).

Josh Kelly, “Man Arrested After OKC 3-year-old Dies in Apparent Accidental Shooting,” oklahoman.com (July 9, 2025).

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FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2023

Five Injured in Unintentional Shootings Including Three Children

A 4-year-old child in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, was i njured in what is reported as an accidental shooting. The child was taken to the hospital but the extent of their injuries is not known. The sheriff’s office is investigating.

ShaiAnn Coley, 3, was staying with a relative in Portsmouth, Virginia, when s he was struck by a stray bullet that came through the window. Police released video showing at least four people firing multiple rounds in the gunfire that erupted outside. The motive for the shooting is unknown, as police search for those involved. ShaiAnn was released from the hospital and is recovering at home. “When we had first went there, they was like you know, ‘There’s a chance she might not be able to walk.’ But she proved everybody wrong. [s]he’s a tough cookie!” said her mother.

In Columbus, Ohio, a 13-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being accidentally shot. He is expected to survive as detectives continue to investigate.

And in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cung Hlei Mang, a 19-year-old, was sitting in the backseat of a vehicle manipulating a gun that unintentionally went off. The bullet struck Mang in his left hand and continued to travel striking his friend, also in the vehicle, in the thigh. The driver of the vehicle brought both of those injured to the hospital. Mang is accused of negligent handling of a dangerous weapon and faces a felony charge in the case.

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Toddler Killed After Finding Gun on Bed

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