Adult Arrested Adult Injury Child Injury (18 and Under) Iowa Virginia July 18, 2025July 22, 2025 by Jo Ellen Ackerman

FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025

Gun Accidents Injure Two

In Norfolk, Virginia, a three-year-old is expected to recover after sustaining a gunshot wound to the hand. The circumstances of the shooting were not reported, but 24-year-old Kirk M. Bond Jr. was charged with reckless handling of a firearm, allowing access to a firearm by a child, child neglect and possession of a firearm by a felon.

And a man was injured in an accidental shooting at a gas station in Le Mars, Iowa. He was trying to unload and secure a gun when it fired, striking him in the leg. He was taken to the hospital in unknown condition.

Sources:

Kathleen Lundy, “Norfolk Man Facing Charges After 3-year-old Shot in the Hand,” 13newsnow.com (July 22, 2025).

Woody Gottburg, “One Hurt in Accidental Shooting,” kscj.com (July 18, 2025).

Charge of allowing a child access to a firearm Charge of Child Neglect Charge of possession of a firearm with a felony convition Charge of reckless handling of a firearm Child 5 or Under Kirk M. Bond Jr