Adult Arrested Adult Death Louisiana

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, two friends had returned home from a visit to the shooting range when 19-year old Brandon Spratley accidentally shot 20-year old Jermaine Sampson.  Spratley was attempting to unload his handgun when the accident occurred.  Sampson died at the hospital. Spratley was arrested and charged with negligent homicide. Source: “20-year-old Killed in …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested North Carolina

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Details are scarce about an incident in which 5-year old Amani Barringer was shot in the neck by her 14-year old brother with an unsecured gun.  Amani was home, in Charlotte, North Carolina, with two teenagers age 14 and 15, when she was killed.  The 14-year old was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter.  An …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Kansas

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In Wichita, Kansas, 18-year old Jeremy Retana was accidentally shot and killed by a child outside a store.  21-year old Christian Concha faces charges of felony murder and aggravated child endangerment because he left a gun in the care of two children while he went into a convenience store. The children were 10 and 9-years …

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Adult Arrested Adult Injury Child Death (18 and Under) New Hampshire North Carolina Ongoing Investigation Uncategorized

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In Stokes County, North Carolina, a 6-year old found a gun at home this afternoon and shot themselves to death.  The child’s name and gender were withheld as were the circumstances in which they got their hands on a gun.  A parent was home at the time of the accident. “I couldn’t believe what had …

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Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Ongoing Investigation South Dakota

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a 17-year old Native American girl is in critical condition after a gun was accidentally discharged.  According to police,  Artavius Gregerabdo was handling a gun when it went off and shot the girl in the head.  He was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and reckless discharge.  The girl who …

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Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ohio

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020

A 6-year old Cincinnati, Ohio child found a gun and shot himself while his mother slept. His mother, Darnasia McKinney, 26, was arrested and charged with felony child endangerment. The boy was hospitalized.  No information about his condition is available.  It is unclear how the boy will be cared for upon release from the hospital. …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) North Carolina

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020

In Charlotte, North Carolina, 2-year old Amor Cureton shot and killed himself with a loaded handgun in a motel.  His father Antonio Cureton was arrested and charged with “involuntary manslaughter, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a stolen firearm and failure to secure a firearm to protect a …

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Adult Arrested California Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Michigan Ongoing Investigation

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2020

Two children found guns in their homes and accidentally shot and killed themselves today.  In Saginaw, Michigan, a five-year old boy found a gun.  According to police, he died of “self-inflicted gunshot wounds.”  They have called the incident a “tragic accident.”  While they investigate to determine how the boy got ahold of the gun, “their …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Georgia Hawaii Ongoing Investigation Tennessee

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020

Two more children died this week in gun accidents that might have been prevented by safe storage laws. Also today, a popular former North Carolina law enforcement officer died while working in Hawaii when a rifle accidentally fired inside a police station. In Memphis, Tennessee, a 14-year old girl died when a boy was handing her …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) South Carolina

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020

A two-year old boy died in a gun accident Saturday night in Graniteville, South Carolina.  He “accessed a handgun and shot himself” according to a news report.  Deputies arriving at the scene “observed a complainant sitting on the ground in the roadway holding her 2-year-old son, Jamarious Rogers, in her arms.”  He later died at …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Children and Guns Georgia

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020

In a gun accident in Rochelle, Georgia, a four-year old girl was shot and killed.  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation found that “the child was shot while she and her 3-year-old brother were playing with a gun.”  The GBI found that the gun was unsecured.  The girl’s father, Johnny Lee Kellom, was arrested after the …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Georgia Uncategorized

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020

In White, Georgia, a five-year old girl shot and killed herself while playing with a gun she found at a campsite. Her grandmother, Kimberly Anne Roberts, and an unrelated man were arrested and charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct.  Both adults are being held at Bartow County Jail. Source: Asia Simone Burns, “Grandmother, …

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Adult Arrested Arizona Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation Texas

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2020

Two toddlers died in gun accidents today.  One found a gun and shot himself, the other was shot by a young sibling.  Three-year old Bryson Skinner died after finding in a handgun in his home and shooting himself by accident.  A related 22-year adult and his girlfriend were arrested and charged with felony child abuse. …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Georgia Mississippi No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation Tennessee

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020

Three children and an adult were killed in gun accidents today. The adult was shot to death by his two-year old child.  Each of the news stories marking these deaths was brief: In Ooltewah, Tennessee, Jermaine Vincent, a three-year old, found a gun that a family friend had brought to his home and fatally shot …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Colorado Ongoing Investigation Texas

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020

Two more young children died in gun accidents in their homes today. In Westminster, Colorado, a three-year old girl, Ruby Jackson, was shot and killed while playing with her seven-year old brother.  She was shot in the chest as the children played ‘swords.’   “Ruby was using a broomstick, but at some point her brother picked …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Kentucky

SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020

20-year old Keaton Sexton died today in Frankfort, Kentucky when a bullet passed through his apartment wall.  Another 20-year-old, Trevor Fridenmaker, of Frankfort, was handling a pistol in the next apartment when it accidentally discharged. “There’s no belief there was any ill intent,” a Police Captain said.  “Through investigation, it was determined the round that …

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Adult Arrested Adult Injury Alabama California Child Injury (18 and Under) Louisiana Ongoing Investigation Texas

FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020

Four accidental shooting victims are taking up hospital beds amidst the coronavirus medical crisis, after gun accidents in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and California today.  In Jeanerette, Louisiana, a boy was accidentally shot in the neck during “horseplay.”  The adult shooter was arrested and charged with illegal discharge of a weapon. A man in Lake Jackson, …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Louisiana

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020

Quainnesha Paul, an 18-year old Baton Rouge, Louisiana teenager died in an apparent gun accident today.  She was accidentally shot in her home by a 22-year old relative, Keagan Valdry.  Valdry was arrested and charged with negligent homicide.  No other details were released. Source: “Baton Rouge Man Accused of Negligent Homicide After Relative’s Death in …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested Tennessee

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020

A 13-year old boy in Memphis Tennessee was charged with negligent homicide after accidentally shooting 9-year old Xavier Jackson with a gun that he found unsecured. A 26-year old man, Lindsey Williams, was also charged with negligent homicide in connection with the incident. “Too many kids in Memphis have died this year,” a relative said. …

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Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Missouri South Carolina

TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020

A three-year old shot himself in the head today in Columbia, South Carolina with a gun he found in a bedroom in his home.  He is hospitalized in critical condition.  His mother was later charged with “unlawful conduct toward a child.” In Bolivar, Missouri a two-year old child shot his four-year old brother in the …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Juvenile Arrested Missouri Pennsylvania

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Two teenagers were shot to death today by others in incidents that involved playing with a gun.  In Tamaqua, a borough in Eastern Pennsylvania, Eric Tavener was shot and killed accidentally by 21-year old Francis Witmayer.  Witnesses said that Tavener, an 18-year old, was playing with a gun when he was asked to return it …

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Adult Arrested Arkansas Child Death (18 and Under)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In Texarkana Arkansas, Kayden May was charged with manslaughter after the shooting death of his girlfriend Abbigale Thacker in their home.  Both May and Thacker were 18-year olds. May’s charge was reduced from second-degree murder to manslaughter after authorities concluded that Thacker’s death resulted from an “extreme case of gun safety violations.”  A Texarkana police …

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Adult Arrested Alabama Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation Pennsylvania Utah

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020

Four young children accidentally shot themselves today with found guns in separate incidents.  Two are dead.  Two are hospitalized.  In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a four-year old found a Glock pistol in a closet and shot himself in the head in his bedroom.  His three-year old brother was in the room at the time.  Police say the …

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Adult Arrested Adult Injury Pennsylvania

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020

In Allentown, Pennsylvania, an accidentally discharged round passed through the shooter’s bedroom door, across a hallway and through another door where it struck 52-year old Virgen Milagros Rivera, who was critically injured.  The shooter, who was found to have negligently handled the firearm, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment.  He was …

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Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Michigan

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2019

A twenty-year old Pontiac, Michigan man was arrested after accidentally shooting his 13-year old cousin in the neck.  The bullet lodged in the boy’s chest, though he was stable and expected to recover.  Deputies said the 20-year-old had been playing with a .380-caliber pistol when it discharged. Source: Derick Hutchinson, “Pontiac Man Accidentally Shoots 13-year-old …

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Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Florida

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019

In Titusville, Florida, a nine-year old girl was shot by an older sibling during target practice in the woods.  A 34-year old relative of the girl was arrested and charged with aggravated child neglect, apparently because he had left guns and ammunition with the children when he was not present.  “Definitely an unusual case, because …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Michigan

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Steven Johnston of Lincoln Park, Michigan was arraigned today on child abuse charges after his three-year old daughter, Skylar, shot herself in the head after finding his loaded gun.  His family called the accident a preventable tragedy.  Mr. Johnston was not home at the time of the accident. Skylar was left in the care of …

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