Two Boys Unintentionally Shoot Their Younger Brothers, One Fatally Amir Williams, an 11-year-old sixth grader, died in his home in St. Petersburg, Florida, after being unintentionally shot by his 14-year-old brother who was playing with a stolen gun he had found. School was out that day, and the two boys were home with their 13-year-old …
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2024
Three Juveniles and Police Chief Injured in Separate Unintentional Shootings In Savannah, Georgia, a 9-year-old boy accidentally shot himself. Few details have been reported, but police say the boy was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A juvenile in Nashville, Tennessee, was accidentally shot through the arm and taken to the hospital for treatment. …
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024
Man Unintentionally Shoots Self in Car In Shreveport, Louisiana, a man was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition after accidentally shooting himself. According to a witness, the man was climbing over the seat in a car when his gun unintentionally discharged. There is an ongoing investigation into the incident, and, so far, no charges …
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Man Accidentally Shot and Killed While Playing Video Games A man was accidentally shot while playing video games with two other people in Greenwell Springs, Louisiana. He was critically injured and pronounced dead at the hospital. All three were sitting on a bed, and according to the affidavit, Nathan Chassaing, age 18, tried grabbing a …
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Two People Injured in Gun Accidents A 10-year-old boy in Cleveland, Ohio, was unintentionally shot in the stomach by his 65-year-old grandfather. The boy was transported to the hospital and is now in stable condition. His grandfather, George Zatik Jr., has been charged with felonious assault. And a woman in Shreveport, Louisiana, was accidentally shot …
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Accidental Shootings Injure a 2-year-old and an 18-year-old Few details were reported about the accidental shooting of a 2-year-old in Denham Springs, Louisiana. The toddler is in stable, but critical condition at the hospital as police investigate the incident. And in Toledo, Ohio, a seriously injured 18-year-old taken to the hospital with at least one …
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Toddler and Teen are Killed, and Police Officer Wounded in Unintentional Shootings In Greenville, North Carolina, Kayden Swinnely, 3, shot and killed himself after he found a loaded, unsecured gun inside his apartment. A 13-year-old had unlocked the gun safe and left the firearm where Kayden was able to access it. The two children were …
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024
One Dead, Two Injured in Accidental Shootings; Coach Fired After Dropped Gun Fires During Youth Basketball Game In Shreveport, Louisiana, a teen in the backseat of a car fatally shot the front seat passenger. There were four males in the car. A 16-year-old was in the back handling an AR-style pistol that unintentionally fired, hitting …
MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2024
Celebratory Gunfire Injures At Least Eleven Many people were injured by celebratory gunfire on this New Year’s Day. During a small gathering of friends and their children, an 8-year-old boy in Missouri City, Texas, was grazed by a bullet from celebratory gunfire that came through one of the home’s living room windows. The boy was …
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023
Three Unintentional Shootings Leave One Dead and Two Injured In Marion County, Florida, Abraham Bordas was charged with manslaughter after accidentally firing a gun while visiting the victim’s home. The victim died at the hospital. According to the report, Bordas was “playing around” with the gun when it went off. In Sacramento, California, Rubin Ramirez …
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2023
Man Dies in Hunting Accident In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Thomas Franklin, age 54, accidentally shot Jacob Altazan, 34, while deer hunting. Altazan died at the scene. Franklin was arrested and charged with negligent homicide. Source: “Man Charged with Negligent Homicide After Deadly Hunting Accident, BRPD Says,” wafb.com (December 24, 2023).
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2023
Young Children Find Loaded Guns and Shoot Themselves and a Man is Accidentally Injured by Gunfire at the Shopping Mall A 2-year-old and a 5-year-old were injured today when they found loaded, unsecured guns and shot themselves. The 2-year-old found their grandparents’ hidden gun and shot themself in the foot in Greenwell Springs, Louisiana. It …
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Middle School Placed on Lockdown, and Two Other Gun Accidents A middle school in Berea, Kentucky, went into brief lock down when a man nearby accidentally shot himself in the leg. The man said he was in his vehicle checking his firearm when it discharged unintentionally. He was taken to the hospital and is expected …
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Young Boy Accidentally Shot Outside Restaurant A young boy in Thibodaux, Louisiana, was accidentally shot outside the restaurant where he, and two adults he was with, had just eaten. He was shot in the hip and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Employees of the restaurant said that didn’t hear any gunshots or …
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023
Man Dies in Gun Cleaning Accident; Three People Injured in Unintentional Shootings Two men were cleaning a gun in New Orleans, Louisiana, when it unintentionally discharged, fatally striking one of them, a 22-year-old, in the chest. He died from his injuries later at the hospital. No other information is available at this time. A boy …
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2023
Boy Unintentionally Shot with a Ghost Gun and Three Other Children Wounded by Stray Bullets In Gurnee, Illinois, a 15-year-old boy is in the hospital in critical condition after being accidentally shot in the abdomen. He was in the basement with two 16-year-old friends, when one produced and discharged a semi-automatic ghost gun, unintentionally striking …
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2023
Four-year-old Boy Finds Loaded Gun Under Pillow, Shoots and Kills Himself Keith Jermal Jones Jr., a New Orleans, Louisiana 4-year-old, found an unsecured loaded gun and fatally shot himself in the head. His father, Keith Jones, Sr., told police he had put the handgun under a pillow on his bed without the safety on. The …
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2023
Man Unintentionally Killed Outside Son’s Store in New York City and 13-year-old Wounded in Accidental Shooting Reda Girgis, 66, was fatally shot in the head during a drive-by shooting in Manhattan, New York. He was not the intended victim and was taking a phone call outside his son’s store when he was gunned down. Police …
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023
Four Children Injured in Gun Accidents, Two of Those with Guns They Found In Memphis, Tennessee, a 5-year-old boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being accidentally shot at his home. The 5-year-old and his brother had found the gun near their home, but it’s not reported who pulled the trigger. No charges have been filed and …
MONDAY, MAY 15, 2023
Young Boys Find Loaded Assault Rifle at Home and Both are Injured It took two days for Desiree Felder, a 26-year-old Baton Rouge, Louisiana mom, to acknowledge a gun accident that injured her son and her nephew. One of the children is three and the other is six. Police were called to a hospital Monday …
SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023
Nine-year-old Girl Killed by Unsecured Gun and Eight Others Wounded in Unintentional Shootings In Memphis, Tennessee, a 7-year-old boy found a gun in a car’s glove box and accidentally shot his 9-year-old sister, killing her. The gun belonged to James Bowen Jr., his mother’s boyfriend. Bowen is facing multiple charges after allegedly leaving his gun …
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2023
Three More Unintended Gun Injuries In Shreveport, Louisiana, a 6-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after being hit by a stray bullet. Her condition is described as “life-threatening.” She was playing in her front yard when the occupants of two vehicles began shooting at each other as they traveled down her street. Describing it …
SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2023
Five-year-old Dies in Accidental Shooting Nassir White, a 5-year-old from Avondale, Louisiana, was injured by a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was taken to a local hospital, then transferred to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans in critical condition where he later died. After an autopsy his death has been classified as accidental, but …
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023
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 …
MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2023
Two People Killed in Gun Accidents, Including a Three-year-old Jaquan Askew, 20, a Portsmouth, Virginia man, was arrested after his 3-year-old child gained access to a loaded firearm at home. The boy shot and killed himself. Askew said that while he was using the bathroom, he heard a gunshot coming from his son’s bedroom. Court …
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2023
Three Teens Unintentionally Injured in Shootings After a 13-year-old St Petersburg, Florida boy reported that he had been shot while riding his bike, investigating police concluded that he had accidentally shot himself instead. The boy’s injuries are not considered life threatening and police are investigating where the boy got the gun. In Alexandria, Louisiana, an …
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023
Eight-year-old Dies in Accidental Shooting; Three Other Children are Also Involved in Gun Accidents An eight-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound today after being airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. The Franklin County boy and his four-year-old brother had found a loaded gun at home. The two boys had the gun in a …
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2023
Court Officer and Toddler Injured in Separate Gun Accidents An Elkhart County, Indiana court security officer was hospitalized after his gun accidentally discharged in a local courthouse. The officer, 23-year-old Joshua Troup, was treated at the hospital after his firearm discharged while he was putting it into his holster, striking his foot. His injuries were …
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Six-year-old Dies in Gun Accident In Raceland, Louisiana, six-year-old Davonta “D.J.” Michel Jr., is dead after playing with a handgun, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say the child and his brother found a loaded handgun in one of the bedrooms at their home and were playing with it when a round fired and struck …
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Two More Teenagers Killed in Gun Accidents For the second day in a row, two teenagers died in preventable gun accidents. In New Orleans, Louisiana, 15-year-old Tyler Ellis was accidentally shot in his home by another 15-year-old. Less than three weeks ago, Kennedi Belton, a classmate of Ellis’s, was also killed in a preventable gun …
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2023
Man Shoots and Kills Acquaintance with a Gun He Believed Was Not Loaded Frankie Morello, 22, of Chalmette, Louisiana, shot and killed an acquaintance while handling a gun that he believed was not loaded. He was arrested and charged with negligent homicide. This is yet another deadly gun accident that might have been prevented if …
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2023
A Deadly Accident with a Ghost Gun Andre Skinner of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged with negligent homicide after he told police that he was trying to take apart a ghost gun “to become more familiar with it.” He first removed the magazine but wasn’t aware that there was a round still in the chamber. …
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2023
Six Reported Unintended Shootings Today, Including the Death of an Innocent Bystander Hundreds of people fled a mall in Holyoke, Massachusetts after a fatal shooting inside a nail salon. Kenneth Santana-Rodriguez, who claimed to be firing in self-defense after being confronted by a former boyfriend of his girlfriend, fired two rounds, one of which struck …
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023
This page is intentionally left blank to remember the dead and injured in the mass shooting in Monterey Bay, California on January 21 and in nine other mass shootings since then. Monterey Bay, California Shreveport, Louisiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tunica Resorts, Mississippi Half Moon Bay, California Chicago, Illinois Oakland, California Red Springs, North Carolina Lancaster, …
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2023
Woman Injured by Her Father Demonstrating How to Use a Gun Safely In Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a man accidentally shot his adult daughter while giving her lessons in gun safety. “If you are going to use them, you should do it at a gun range, not in your own home,” the local Police Superintendent said …
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2023
Five-Year-Old Shot and Killed with Unattended Gun Two people were arrested in Jennings, Louisiana after a five-year old found a gun in his home and accidentally shot and killed himself. Investigators determined the victim, Adaun Gains, and four other children aged six and under were left unattended when the shooting happened. The arrested individuals, who …
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2022
On New Year’s Eve, two toddlers were shot in Shreveport, Louisiana, one fatally. Minimal details have been reported other than that the two kids found a gun in their home and one of them fired it. A four-year-old died and a three-year-old was struck in the arm and is expected to survive. Two adults were …
MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2022
40-year-old Mathew Roach of Elgin, South Carolina was killed in a hunting accident today. The circumstances of the accident have not been released. His obituary says, “Matt loved his family with all his heart. He enjoyed spending time at the ocean, saltwater fishing, golf, Gamecock football, coaching baseball, grilling, ‘playing’ guitar, dancing in the living …
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2022
Two New Orleans, Louisiana boys were caught in the crossfire today when the passengers of an SUV opened fire on occupants of a blue Hyundai. Both innocent bystanders went to the hospital for treatment. No other information is available, including whether any of the participant in the shooting have been identified and arrested. Source: Missy …
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2022
In Rockford, Illinois, a six-year-old child found an unattended loaded gun and fired it, striking a 28-year-old woman. The woman was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. Khadijah Morris, 28, and Ashley Laures, 29, were charged with endangering the life and health of a child. Recently, on November 20, another Rockford six-year-old …
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022
In New Roads, Louisiana, a 13-year-old riding a four-wheeler along a levee was shot and killed by a stray bullet today. The round was fired by one of two men who were engaged in target practice at the time. Donell Francois Jr., and Quentin Leonard ll were arrested and charged with of illegal discharge of …
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
In Donaldsville, Louisiana, Perry Smith, age 33, shot and killed Trevon Henderson, age 21, who he mistakenly believed was an intruder in his home. A sheriff’s spokesman, said the shooting was a “really unfortunate case of mistaken identity.” Smith was arrested and charged with negligent homicide, among other crimes. Source: David J. Mitchell, “Man Accused …
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2022
Lindell Mays of New Orleans, Louisiana was arrested today after a four-year old boy was shot in the parking lot of a local store. Mays was charged by New Orleans police with mishandling a firearm “with respect to minors.” It is unclear if the boy got ahold of the gun in a car when he …
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022
In a Port Allen, Louisiana incident in which two teenagers were attempting to rob a man at 4:30 in the morning, one of the teens accidentally shot the other in a struggle with the intended victim. According to authorities, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old planned to rob the man at gunpoint with an assault rifle …
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
A Wichita, Kansas two-year old had access to a loaded gun in his home and used it to shoot himself in the leg. Police were called to the hospital rather than to the scene and are currently investigating. And a Zachary, Louisiana, a two-year old pulled a gun out of his mother’s purse and shot …
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022
In Guthrie, Oklahoma, a ten year old found a gun in his home. He shot and killed his 12-year old brother. The boy died at the hospital. There is no report that anyone has been charged in connection with the incident. In New Orleans, Louisiana, 18-year old Zyaire Cornelius was arrested after his two-year old …
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2022
Lynzell Anderson of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, age 34, is facing negligent homicide charges after his four year old son found a loaded gun under the seat of the family car and shot himself in the face. The boy died at the scene. Anderson told police he had left his son momentarily unsupervised when he went …
SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2022
Two Louisiana teenagers were shot and injured accidentally today. Neither report indicates the extent of the child’s injuries nor how the teenagers got access to a gun. In Luling, Louisiana, police reported that a 17-year old accidentally shot himself. Police noted that there was no threat to the public but that the community should expect …
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022
A two-year old New Orleans, Louisiana boy found a loaded gun and used it to shoot and kill himself. His parents have been detained for questioning but no charges have been filed. “Everyone has a constitutional right to carry a weapon of course, but we need to do so responsibly,” said New Orleans’ police chief. …
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022
At least three children were injured in gun accidents today. In Wichita, Kansas, a ten-year old boy was hospitalized in critical condition when his father accidentally fired his new gun when he was unloading it to put it in a gun safe. There is an ongoing investigation. Police are looking for a Waterbury, Connecticut man …
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022
Trent Byerly, a Des Allemands, Louisiana 19-year old, was handling a gun inside a car when it accidentally fired. The round struck him in the chest and killed him. Two of his co-passengers were arrested for obstruction of justice. An eight-year old Chicago, Illinois girl was accidentally shot by a 12-year old neighbor in her …
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022
Back in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where gun accidents involving children appear common, two children found a loaded gun in their home. A four-year old was shot and injured, but is in stable condition at the hospital. The children’s uncle, Kiante Hawkins, was arrested and charged with negligence. Police determined that he had left the gun …
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2022
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 23-year old Kendrick Wilson was shot to death by 26-year old Deangelo Coleman while Coleman was allegedly playing with a gun. Coleman was arrested and charged with negligent homicide. The shooting was reportedly just one of three in Baton Rouge today. A Lexington, Kentucky firefighter who was chasing a “squatter who …
MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022
Savannah Holmes, an Ankeny, Iowa four-year old shot herself in the face with her father’s gun. She later died at the hospital. According to the police, Savannah’s father responded to people pounding on the door by getting a gun and leaving it on the couch while going to get his son. Savannah got out of …
SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2022
Two children were killed and two were injured by unintended gun violence today. In Shreveport, Louisiana, 13-year old Landry Anglin was shot and killed as an innocent bystander when a round was fired from a vehicle in a rolling gun battle. Landry was a middle school student and was inside a home when she was …
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022
In Houston, Texas, 18-year old Nariah Champion was accidentally shot and killed by 17-year old Zakorion Batiste, who was playing with a gun. The two were among a group of kids hanging out together. Batiste has been charged with manslaughter and is being held on $50,000 bail. According to the report, if bond is made, …
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a fiv-year old found a loaded gun in his home and shot his mother in the leg. Police have not said how the child got hold of a gun. The woman’s injuries are not considered life-threatening. In Detroit, Michigan a 16-year old boy left a loaded gun on his bed where his …
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022
Devin Page, Jr., a Baton Rouge, Louisiana 3-year old, was shot and killed by a stray bullet that entered through a window of his home. Police do not know who fired the gun. “He was a great, a very smart, intelligent 3-year-old. He was always happy, you know he loved the dance, he loves school, he …
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2022
In Shreveport, Louisiana, two children, aged 3 and 4, apparently found a loaded gun in their home. The gun inevitably was fired and the four year old, Michael Thomas, Jr., was shot in the chest and killed. His younger sister was also injured. Two adults were home at the time of the incident. According to …
SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2022
The unintended consequences of gun violence were felt across the country on Sunday, including incidents on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, three incidents in Chicago and single incidents in Georgia and Maryland. In New Orleans, Louisiana, Charles Hudson, a bar employee, was shot and killed in the Cat’s Meow, a crowded Bourbon Street karaoke bar, …
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022
Three children found loaded guns in their homes today and injured themselves, two of them in Baton Rouge Louisiana. The two incidents make three accidental shootings in Baton Rouge in just two days. Deetroy Watkins, 26, of Baton Rouge was arrested after he left his gun in a couch cushion. His three-year old son found …
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, …
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2022
Children were shot as innocent bystanders in three separate incidents today. In Kenner, Louisiana, a 10-year old was shot while he was sleeping. He is in stable condition at the hospital. Police are investigating the connection between today’s incident and an incident in July, in which a 15-year old was killed in the same home. …
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2022
Tony Ebarb, age 16, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was handling a gun with his younger brother in the back seat of their father’s car when the gun discharged. Tony was struck and killed. The accident occurred while the family was waiting in the drive-through lane at a local fast-food restaurant. The boys’ father, Jeffery Ebarb, had …
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2021
Dillan Burton, age 7, of New Orleans, Louisiana was struck and killed by gunfire while in the back seat of her mother’s car. The family was driving through an intersection at the time of the incident when gunfire broke out on the street. Dillan, an innocent bystander was struck by a bullet passing into the …
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2021
Lehemiah Simon, age 7, of Jeanerette, Louisiana, was accidentally shot in the head and killed by a 15-year old cousin today. He was pronounced dead after being airlifted to the hospital. “Full of hugs. Full of Love. Just as humble as he could be for a seven-year-old,” remembered Minister Carnell Wiles who is Lehemiah’s grandfather. …
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2021
A 12-year-old Michigan boy was seriously injured Monday when he was accidentally shot by his 17-year old brother after being mistaken for a deer. Sheriff’s deputies said the older boy was hunting from a tree stand when his younger brother came into the woods to call him to dinner. The 12-year old is in serious …
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Every type of gun safety problem was on display in gun accidents that occurred today. All of today’s accidents are tragic, but none more so than the death of a Texas two-year old in Lawrence, Kansas who was shot in the chest while visiting at a local home. Details of the circumstances of the accident …
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021
For the second day in a row, a toddler was accidentally shot and killed with an unsecured gun in his home. Timothy Murphy, age 3, of Arcadia, Louisiana found a gun in an unlocked cabinet in the travel trailer where he lived with his mother and her boyfriend. The boy apparently shot himself and died …
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021
Negligence with guns appears to have been the cause of at least two deaths today. In both incidents, the shooter is likely to be prosecuted. In Thibodaux, Louisiana, a teenager was shot and killed when he and a friend were playing with a handgun. An unidentified 15-year old is charged with negligent homicide. And in …
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021
In Jackson, Mississippi, police are investigating the accidental shooting death of Jeffrey Sutton II, the 15-year old son of Jackson’s fire chief. He was shot in the lower extremities. No other details are available at this time. According to the report, Sutton was the second child of a Jackson firefighter to die of a gunshot …
MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021
Two children were accidentally shot and killed by older siblings in their homes today. A third child, age 8, found a loaded gun in his home and shot himself. A 12-year old Baton Rouge, Louisiana child was arrested and placed in juvenile detention after admitting that he accidentally shot and killed his four-year old sister. …
MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021
At least eight teenagers were injured in eight separate shooting incidents in the United States today. In light of minimal reporting, the circumstances of most of the incidents remain murky. Teens were shot in Chicago and Decatur, Illinois. The other incidents occurred in Iowa, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Delaware. As reported, the incidents …
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021
In Wichita, Kansas, a three-year old found a gun and shot herself and her father while he was sleeping. The girl was struck in the hand and her father was struck in the leg. Both were treated at the hospital. Police are investigating how the firearm was stored. During the investigation, three other children have …
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021
In an incident caught on video and later broadcast on local television, a Newbury, Ohio man accidentally shot himself in the face with a pistol at a local gun range. His injuries apparently were not life threatening. In Crowley, Louisiana two teenagers were handling a gun when it discharged. One of them was shot in …
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2021
In Akron, Ohio, a 13-year old boy accidentally shot a 15-year old girl. The boy was handling a gun in the back seat of a car when it fired. The round passed through a seat and struck the girl who suffered non-life threatening injuries. Also today, more than 10 innocent bystanders were shot in gun …
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021
A 17-year old, a 12-year old and a four-year old were injured in gun accidents today. In Rigby, Idaho, a 17-year old was removing his gun from a vehicle while fishing with friends when the gun accidentally fired and he was struck in the chest. He was flown to the hospital and is expected to …
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2021
A three-year old in Baker, Louisiana, found and pulled the trigger on his father’s loaded gun while his father was making lunch. The gun had recently been purchased for the family’s protection. The boy is now dead. It was unclear whether the boy’s father will face charges. “I believe in gun ownership. I grew up …
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021
In Louisiana today, there were two different innocent bystander shootings. Three people were injured, and a five-year old child has died. In Shreveport, Louisiana, one of two men arguing in a hotel parking lot fired a gun. The bullet penetrated the wall of the hotel and struck a five-year old in the head and grazed …
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 22-year old Deyandre Gilmore was showing his gun to a 17-year old. The gun fired while being handled by the teen and Gilmore was shot dead. The teen, who has not been identified, has been arrested and charged with negligent homicide. The news report about the incident does not say whether …
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a three-year old boy found a loaded gun in his home and shot himself. Police were alerted to the incident by a call from the hospital. Although the child is expected to survive, there is an ongoing investigation. Source: “Toddler Expected to Survive after Accidental Shooting, Police Say,” Fox 8 Live …
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021
Two innocent bystanders were accidentally shot at 2:06 A.M. on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. According to the report, two people opened fire on each other. Neither of the shooters was hit. The two victims were an 18-year old woman and a 57-year old man. Police are looking for the shooters. Source: “NOPD Investigating Double …
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2020
Accidental shots were fired at a peaceful protest today in Lafayette, Louisiana. No one was struck or injured. The accidental shooting occurred during a protest by the Not Fucking Around Coalition (“NFAC”), an armed black militia group. The NFAC was protesting in Lafayette because of the death on August 21, 2020 of Trayford Pellerin at …
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020
A six-year old boy was shot by a sibling while sitting in the parking lot of a Family Dollar Store in Dutchtown, Louisiana. He is in critical condition after being taken by MedEvac helicopter to a nearby hospital . No information is available other than that the siblings were sitting together in a car. Presumably, …
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 …
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Two deaths today occurred when guns were unintentionally fired by young boys. In both cases an older boy accidentally killed a younger child. Both of the shooters are being prosecuted. In a third incident, two boys were injured after shooting themselves with a gun they found in a car. In Canton, Ohio an 11-year old …
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020
Police in Shreveport, Louisiana are investigating an incident in which a five-year old child was accidentally shot in the leg. According to a report, the gun went off when the child jumped on a bed where the gun was placed. The child suffered non-life threatening injuries. Source: “Shreveport Police Investigate 2 Shootings Monday Night,” KTBS3 …
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, …
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 …
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020
3-year old Amir Antoine of Baton Rouge, Louisiana shot and killed himself Saturday morning in his home. He was handling a gun and accidentally pulled the trigger. This was the second accidental shooting in the Antoine home in the last four years. In 2016, 17-year-old Ahmad Antoine was charged with negligent homicide after he accidentally …