Reports of Unintended Gun Violence Collected from Media Reports Across the United States
Man Killed, and Two Teens Injured, in Gun AccidentsToday A 60-year-old man died in Gunbarrel, Colorado, after accidentally shooting himself. Officials believe that he was either cleaning or repairing his gun when the accident occurred. In Raleigh, North Carolina, a boy was shot in the leg by a friend, and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. It was …
Boy and Man are Hurt in Separate Accidental Shootings In Montgomery, Alabama, a boy accidentally shot himself and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No other information was reported. A man was injured by an accidental discharge in Morrisville, North Carolina. The victim told police that he saw a friend in a gas …
Three Injured in Accidental Shootings, Including Two Children A 4-year-old in Raleigh, Tennessee, found his uncle’s loaded gun and shot himself. Police were told that the gun was a .45 caliber Glock 36 handgun owned by the boy’s uncle 22-year-old Bryant Vann. In Vann’s bedroom where the shooting took place, officers didn’t find .45 caliber …
Ten Unintentional Shootings Result in Eight Injuries and the Deaths of Two Children A Ville Platte, Louisiana 3-year-old girl shot herself with an unsecured gun. She was airlifted to Baton Rouge because of the extent of her injuries, where she later died. Nineteen-year-old Nathan Ben was charged with criminal negligence and negligent homicide. Ben was …
Three Children and an Adult Hurt in Gun Accidents In Fresno, California, a man beat up his friend after the friend accidentally shot the man’s three-year-old child in the leg. The man was both arrested and taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries suffered in the beating. A Tulsa, Oklahoma 17-year old was …
Craig Curtis, a Raleigh, North Carolina teenager, was shot and killed today. Police have charged another teenager with involuntary manslaughter and Curtis’s brother says the incident was an accident. However, the circumstances of this unintended shooting incident have not been released. “A gun is not the answer to everything,” Curtis’s great-aunt said at a vigil …
A Bluefield, West Virginia 2-year-old and two siblings, age 4 and 6, were playing in a bedroom of their home when the 2-year-old found a loaded .40 caliber pistol and shot himself in the leg. “The hollow-point bullet went through his thigh,” according to a police spokesperson. Although the child lost “a substantial amount of …
A 12-year old Memphis Tennessee child was sitting on a couch in his apartment today when shots were fired during a domestic dispute in a next door apartment. The boy was shot in the back when a bullet passed through a common wall as well as the back of the couch. He is expected to …
Three people accidentally shot and killed others in gun accidents today. Each accident was caused by the shooter’s own negligence but was likely facilitated by faulty gun design. Two of the incidents occurred in vehicles. In Raleigh North Carolina, Barri Rogers, 21, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his friend, Ahmad …
Three more young people were unintentionally shot and killed today. In Detroit, Michigan, 14-year old Kaniyah Bryant was unintentionally shot and killed by her 13-year old boyfriend. According to police, the two children were among a group who were passing around and playing with a stolen gun when the 13-year old shot Kaniyah. She was …
Three common types of gun accidents were illustrated on Friday. In Meeker County, Minnesota, Mike Hendrickson, a hunter, unintentionally fired a gun into his thigh while climbing a tree stand. He was airlifted to the hospital after a tourniquet was applied at the scene of the accident. “His first surgery revealed significant loss of tissue, …
Although there were many hundreds of incidents of gun violence on Independence Day, there were thankfully no deaths clearly associated with celebratory gunfire. However, several people were injured in such incidents across the country. Also today, a six-year old Knoxville, Tennessee boy found a gun and shot himself to death. In Raleigh North Carolina, Alexandria …
Two women were severely injured today when men they were with mishandled guns. An 18-year old Danville, Illinois woman is in stable condition after she was accidentally shot in the chest by her 16-year old boyfriend who mishandled a handgun. The boyfriend was taken into custody on charges of reckless discharge of a firearm and …
At least two gun-owners accidentally shot themselves today in separate incidents. The first accident, in Columbus, Ohio, occurred when a man was cleaning his gun. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The other accident occurred at the Hawg Pen bar in Raleigh, North Carolina, where a man shot himself in the …
In Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Wake County Firearms and Education Training Center, a firearms instructor accidentally shot himself in the leg while holstering his gun. He was taken to a local hospital. His injuries were not considered life threatening. According to the Wake County Sheriff, “The Wake County Firearms Education and Training Center was …