Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Indiana

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025

Three-year-old Shoots Self With Gun Left on Couch In an apartment in Evansville, Indiana, a three-year-old sustained a traumatic gunshot wound to his arm after shooting himself with a gun left on a couch. Antonio Harrell, age 26, admitted that he left the firearm there, and that he later removed it from the scene. He was charged with neglect of a dependent, unlawful …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested Louisiana Michigan Ongoing Investigation Texas

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2025

Two Young Children Find Unsecured Guns and Shoot Themselves; Teen Accidentally Shoots Sibling in Hunting Accident A two year-old boy shot himself in the foot with a gun he found under a bed at home in Harvey, Louisiana. The boy is listed in stable condition at the hospital. Detectives charged the boy’s 18-year-old uncle, Leland Washington with cruelty to …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Child Injury (18 and Under) Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Ohio Ongoing Investigation

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 …

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Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) South Carolina

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020

A two-year old boy died in a gun accident Saturday night in Graniteville, South Carolina.  He “accessed a handgun and shot himself” according to a news report.  Deputies arriving at the scene “observed a complainant sitting on the ground in the roadway holding her 2-year-old son, Jamarious Rogers, in her arms.”  He later died at …

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