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Adult Arrested Adult Death Adult Injury Alaska California Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Florida No Charges Filed North Carolina Ongoing Investigation South Carolina Tennessee Texas September 23, 2023September 27, 2023 by Gary Klein

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Eight Unintentional Shootings Leave Two Dead and Six Wounded In Houston, Texas, an 18-year-old was shot and killed by a relative who was trying to take a gun away from him. According to police, the relative was upset the 18-year-old had brought a gun into the apartment, and during the struggle for it, unintentionally shot …

Adult Arrested Alabama Alaska Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested Ongoing Investigation Tennessee Wisconsin July 30, 2023August 2, 2023 by Gary Klein

SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2023

Unintentional Shootings Leave Three Children Dead and One Wounded In Mountain Village, Alaska, a young child was killed when another child they were playing with picked up a loaded rifle that was in the home, and unintentionally shot them. The children were playing with nerf guns before the deadly shooting occurred. State troopers were notified; …

Adult Arrested Adult Death Alaska Child Death (18 and Under) Hawaii New York No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation August 28, 2022March 6, 2023 by Gary Klein

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022

In Anchor Point, Alaska, Kenneth Defrancesco, 80, appeared to have been killed while getting out of his vehicle. “[A] firearm he was carrying came out of the holster and fired a round, fatally wounding him,” Alaska State Troopers reported in a press release on Sunday. A friend found Defrancesco in his driveway after he had …

Adult Arrested Adult Death Alaska Alcohol and Guns Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Louisiana Mississippi Pennsylvania March 12, 2022April 24, 2022 by Gary Klein

SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022

There were at least four more serious gun accidents today, for a total of nine in two days. Several of the accidents occurred because the shooter wasn’t aware that the gun was loaded, making it unlikely that the weapons involved had a proper loaded chamber indicator, a common sense safety device. In North Pole, Alaska, …

Alaska Child Death (18 and Under) Ongoing Investigation October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 by Gary Klein

A GUN ACCIDENT AT THE END OF THE WORLD

In Shishmaref, Alaska, a 12-year old boy was killed in a gun accident on Saturday August, 22, 2020. The best report of his death available on the internet is an incident report issued by Alaska’s Department of Public Safety. It reads, in full, as follows: On 8/22/2020 at approximately 1921 hours, AST received a report …

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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024

5-year-old Killed by 6-year-old After They Find Loaded Gun at Grandparents’ House

Braxton Dykstra

In Newaygo, Michigan, Braxton Dykstra, a 5-year-old, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old with a loaded gun that the two children found in their grandparents’ bedroom. The 6-year-old was handling the gun when it unintentionally fired. It’s unclear how the children are related.

According to police, adults were present in the home at the time of the incident, but didn’t identify them or indicate if the gun was properly secured. A new safe storage law went into effect in Michigan just this February, that requires gun owners to keep unattended guns unloaded and locked up if it is likely that a minor will be on the premises. “Children get curious and a lot of times, they don’t understand,” said a police spokesman. Police continue to investigate and will send their findings to the prosecutor’s office for review.

UPDATE:

According to a later unconfirmed report, two people will be charged. "As of right now, it only sounds like grandpa and grandma are gonna get [charged]," said Domynic Dykstra, the boy's father.

Domynic says the charges are not enough and feels like the others should be held responsible, too. He also hopes to get more safe storage laws passed in the future, honoring his son's legacy, and to get his license to teach youth about gun safety.

"It's obviously a parent's worst nightmare," he said. "I'm hoping that we can actually get justice for my son."

Another man told reporters at the scene of the incident that the gun was never left loaded, but that there was ammunition stored throughout the house and that the gun was left in the corner of a room there.

Source:

Zac Harmon, “MSP: 6-year-old Boy Handling Gun When 5-year-old Shot & Killed,” fox17online.com (April 3, 2024).

"Father: Charges Coming After 5-year-old Shot, Killed by Found Gun," 13 On Your Side (April 26, 2024).

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