Tag: Charge of allowing a child access to a firearm

Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation South Carolina Virginia by Jo Ellen Ackerman

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025

Three Children Injured After Finding Loaded Guns in Closets In an accidental shooting, a two-year-old, and a three-year-old, in a residence in Newberry, South Carolina, were each injured with a single gunshot wound. One child was wounded in the hand, the other in the foot. They were both taken to trauma centers for treatment and are expected to survive. Apparently the children accessed a gun …

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

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025

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 …

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