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

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021

Kevin Niyibizi, an Antioch, Tennessee 16-year old was accidentally shot and killed by a 17-year old friend, Eric Ishimwe.  Niyibizi had brought a gun to his friend’s home that the two were playing with. Ishimwe told police that “he and Niyibizi were both handling and playing with a gun that Niyibizi brought into the home …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Children and Guns Tennessee

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In Hardeman County, Tennessee, Jonterrious Hampton was arrested and charged with reckless homicide after a gun accident in which a 7-year old boy was killed. After the incident, Hampton took the boy to a local hospital where the boy was pronounced dead. According to  Hampton, he was visiting the boy’s siblings at their home.  During …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Louisiana Ongoing Investigation

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 …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation South Carolina

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021

The Bennettsville, South Carolina Police Department issued the following statement about a gun accident that injured two children today, reprinted here in its entirety: “The Bennettsville Police Department Detectives’ Division was called in reference to a shooting at a residence inside the city limits of Bennettsville, SC. A preliminary investigation has led detectives to conclude …

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Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Florida North Carolina Ohio Ongoing Investigation

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021

At least three children were accidentally shot and injured today.  They were aged 14, 15, and 7.  The incidents occurred in states that have been regular sites of gun accidents involving children: Florida, Ohio and North Carolina. The most fully reported of the accidents was in Jacksonville, Florida.  Ayva Guthrie, age 14,was accidentally shot by …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Idaho Indiana Michigan Ongoing Investigation

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020

Children in Michigan, Indiana and Idaho died in gun accidents today.  The Michigan accident occurred in Canton Township.  Eight-year old Jack Bennett, an only child, died when a bullet discharged as his father was cleaning a gun.  According to his mother, Tammy Snyder, “[i]t was a freak accident. It was supposed to be an unloaded …

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Adult Injury Arizona Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Idaho Massachusetts No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Two men and a 10-year old boy were hospitalized with wounds suffered in accidental shootings today.  Very little information is available about what happened in any of the gun accidents. In Bourne, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, a man was accidentally shot while cleaning his gun.  He was hospitalized in Rhode Island with non-life threatening injuries.  …

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

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Cojuan Singleton, a 12-year old San Antonio, Texas boy, accidentally killed himself with his brother’s gun today.  Singleton’s older brother, who owned the pistol, told police he was cleaning the gun and had put it down.  Seconds later, Singleton picked it up and accidentally fired it.  He was struck in the head. It is unclear …

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

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020

On election day, two 12-year old boys were accidentally shot and killed in separate gun accidents. In Jackson, Michigan, Brayden Carnes, a middle school student, was at home when a gun that one of his friends had brought to his home accidentally fired.  Brayden was shot in the chest.  The shooter was also a child.  …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Children and Guns Juvenile Arrested Maryland Mississippi New York No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2020

At least three children were shot in separate gun accidents today.  Two were wounded.  One was killed.  In Senatobia, Mississippi, a two-year old girl found a loaded gun and shot herself.  She is being treated at a local hospital and is in stable condition.  The incident is being reported as an “accidental discharge.”  It is …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Michigan No Charges Filed North Carolina

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020

A nine-year old and an eight-year old were killed in gun accidents today. The nine-year old shot herself with a weapon found in her Detroit, Michigan home. Two other children 10 and under were home at the time of the incident. However, no adults were present.  “We are seeing this too often, please put your …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) Michigan North Carolina Ongoing Investigation

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020

Two more young children are unintended victims of shootings that occurred today. One incident occurred in North Carolina, the other in Michigan.  Two Mississippi children were unintended victims yesterday.  A 22-month old Winston-Salem, North Carolina boy was shot in the stomach inside a minivan.  Damien Lopez Rumbo was taken to a local hospital where he …

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020

Two children were accidentally shot and killed today. In Merced, California today, a 5-year old girl was shot and killed by another child who found a loaded and unsecured gun in the home.  Her father drove her to the hospital where she died.  The girl’s father, Rodney Mathews, left her at the hospital and led …

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

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020

James Kenneth Lindquester, a Beaverton, Oregon three-year old, found a gun in his home and shot himself in the head.  According to authorities, the loaded gun was in a bedside table.  James was pronounced dead at the hospital.  In Hemet California, a 75-year old woman was accidentally shot and killed by her caregiver as he …

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Adult Injury California Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

A two-year old in Bakersfield, California accidentally shot a relative with a loaded gun he found inside his apartment. The unidentified woman is in critical condition at the hospital.  “At this point, we are going through all the various interviews and still doing some follow-up investigations as far as where the gun was located, how …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) North Carolina Ongoing Investigation

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

A nine-year old Clayton, North Carolina boy shot his two-year old sister in the head today.  The girl was taken to the hospital where she is in serious condition. Police were looking into how the boy found a loaded handgun in his home.  Under North Carolina law, the boy’s parents could face charges if the …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ohio Ongoing Investigation Texas

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

13-year old DeAdrian Walker of San Antonio, Texas died when a handgun he was playing with accidentally fired and hit him in the chest.  The gun may have been stolen.  Several other teenagers who were with DeAdrian at at the time of the gun accident are cooperating with an ongoing investigation. In Cincinnati, Ohio, 16-year …

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Adult Injury California Child Injury (18 and Under) Kansas Ongoing Investigation

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020

Two people were injured today when guns were accidentally discharged.  In each incident the victim was not in the room where the gun was fired.   At John Wayne airport in Orange County, California, a sheriff’s deputy accidentally fired his service weapon at 7 AM this morning.  The round penetrated a wall and hit an airport …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) Louisiana Ongoing Investigation

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 …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Connecticut Kansas Ongoing Investigation

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020

Two children were killed in gun accidents in their homes today. In New Haven, Connecticut, an 8-year old was unintentionally shot in the head.  Police concluded that the death was accidental, but did not provide specific information about the circumstances of the accident, including whether the child shot himself.  They seized a loaded handgun , …

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