Charge of allowing a child access to a firearm

Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Mississippi North Carolina Ongoing Investigation November 17, 2025November 23, 2025 by Jo Ellen Ackerman

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Two Children Shoot Themselves; Five-year-old Killed, Four-year-old Injured In Jackson, Mississippi, a five-year-old boy was killed after he shot himself in the head with an unsecured gun. The incident is under investigation. And in Durham, North Carolina, a four-year-old boy was seriously injured after he accidentally shot himself with an unsecured gun. His mother, Assante …

Adult Arrested Adult Injury Child Injury (18 and Under) Iowa Virginia July 18, 2025July 22, 2025 by Jo Ellen Ackerman

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Gun Accidents Injure Two In Norfolk, Virginia, a three-year-old is expected to recover after sustaining a gunshot wound to the hand. The circumstances of the shooting were not reported, but 24-year-old Kirk M. Bond Jr. was charged with reckless handling of a firearm, allowing access to a firearm by a child, child neglect and possession …

Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation Virginia May 1, 2025May 5, 2025 by Jo Ellen Ackerman

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025

Three-year-old Dies After Finding Unsecured Gun In a home in Chesterfield, Virginia, three-year-old King Edmunds died, after shooting himself with an unsecured gun he found there. His grandmother’s boyfriend, 37-year-old Jeffrey R. Greene, the gun’s owner, was charged with child neglect and allowing a child access to a firearm. The boy’s grandmother and legal guardian, set up a GoFundMe page to help with …

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MONDAY, MAY 5, 2025

11-year-old Killed Playing with Guns

Marshaun Futrell, Jr.

Inside a home in St. Louis, Missouri, 11-year-old Marshaun Futrell Jr. sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital where he died. According to a 13-year-old witness, Marshaun had two guns in his backpack, and they were playing around with them when one fired striking the victim. Police found 12 firearms in the residence, many that were loaded and easily accessed by children. Marshaun's father admitted the guns were his, and at the time of the shooting a two-year child was also in the home. Prosecutors charged Marshaun Futrell Sr. with three counts of child endangerment.

Marshaun stood out as a football player at the local Boys and Girls Club. His coach said, “[s]ky was the limit for Marshaun...He was one of the hardest working young men I’ve seen do this.” And a family member wrote on social media, “...[h]e was not even 12 years old, yet his life was already shining so brightly. An exceptional athlete with a natural gift for football, he was rising fast...he was full of life, laughter, and love...”

Source:

Kelsi Anderson, Hunter Bassler, Annie Krall, Brent Solomon, “Father Charged in Accidental Shooting Death of Child in St. Louis County,” ksdk.com (May 6, 2025).

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