Tag: Charge of Murder

Adult Arrested Adult Death Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Children and Guns Juvenile Arrested New York Ongoing Investigation Texas by Jo Ellen Ackerman

SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2024

Accidents with Rifle and Sawed-off Shotgun Kill Two People A group of people were socializing in Irving, Texas, when a rifle that Adrien Mendieta, 18, was handling unintentional discharged killed his friend, 20-year-old Aiden Turner. The rifle belonged to one of the witnesses and everyone on the scene cooperated with police. Mendieta was charge with …

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Adult Death Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Children and Guns Florida Juvenile Arrested Louisiana Ongoing Investigation by Gary Klein

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024

One Child Injured and Another Kills His Aunt In New Orleans, Louisiana, a two-year old was shot in the leg under circumstances that have not been fully reported. The toddler was driven to the hospital in a personal vehicle and child abuse detectives are investigating.  And in a case that raises complex questions of intent …

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Adult Arrested Adult Injury Child Death (18 and Under) Massachusetts Ongoing Investigation by Gary Klein

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2023

Baby Dies After Stray Bullet Strikes Pregnant Woman A woman, who was eight months pregnant, was riding on a bus In Holyoke, Massachusetts, when she was struck by a stray bullet. She was critically injured, but the baby was delivered, and then died. According to the district attorney’s office, a gunfight broke out between three …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Florida Georgia by Gary Klein

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Two Young Children Find Loaded Guns, One is Dead In Lithonia, Georgia, Zayre Daugherty, 7, died after he was shot in the head with an unsecured gun. Zayre and his 6-year-old brother were waiting for their father, Dante Daugherty, in a vehicle at a gas station, when the boys found a loaded pistol that their …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Tennessee by Gary Klein

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Four-year-old is Shot and Killed During Alleged Gun Safety Demonstration with Magazine Removed Four-year-old Evangeline Gunter was shot and killed by Breanna Runions, 25, on Sunday August 27 in Rockwood, Tennessee.  Runions claimed she was trying to demonstrate gun safety to the toddler. Runions’ girlfriend and another child, a 7-year-old, were in the same room …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Adult Injury Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Georgia Louisiana Massachusetts Missouri No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation South Carolina by Gary Klein

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 …

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Adult Arrested Adult Injury Child Death (18 and Under) Juvenile Arrested Mississippi West Virginia by Gary Klein

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In Jackson, Mississippi, a  game of Russian Roulette resulted in the death of  12-year-old Markell Noah. He had been originally thought missing before authorities found his body in an abandoned home. Two minors face murder charges, while an adult is facing an accessory to murder charge, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing. A newly enacted …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Children and Guns Georgia by Gary Klein

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2022

In Atlanta, Georgia, four-year old Kendall Lewis found a loaded gun in the back seat of her car while her mother was driving on the interstate. She shot and killed herself. Her mother, Kaelin Lewis, was charged with murder. The family remembered Kendall as a “boisterous and lively four-year-old.” She  was excited about starting Pre-K. Source: …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Child Death (18 and Under) Florida Ongoing Investigation Texas by Gary Klein

THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2022

Maria Nealy, age 34, of San Antonio, Texas, was sitting on a bed in her apartment playing with a gun according to witnesses, when the weapon discharged.  The round passed through a wall and struck and killed April Longoria, age 33, in the next room.  Longoria reportedly said “that hurt” before “bleeding out from her …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Children and Guns Mississippi Ohio Ongoing Investigation Pennsylvania Texas by Gary Klein

SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

At least five children were killed or injured today as unintended consequences of other people’s gun violence. The grim toll: Mariyah Lacy, age 5, of Jackson, Mississippi, was killed when her mother’s ex-boyfriend shot into her mother’s car in an argument over money. Mariyah’s two siblings were uninjured, but her mother was grazed by a …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Adult Injury Child Under 18 (as Shooter) No Charges Filed Ohio by Gary Klein

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2022

As gun violence continues to plague Cleveland, Ohio, 87-year old Frances Black was shot in the head and killed by her 54-year old daughter in a shooting that appears to have been accidental.  Few details have been reported, but police interviewed Ms. Black’s daughter without arresting her.  They appear to be treating the shooting as …

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