Charge of possession of handgun by a minor

Adult Injury Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested Ongoing Investigation Pennsylvania July 30, 2025August 3, 2025 by Jo Ellen Ackerman

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2025

Several People Grazed by Bullets in Shooting at Pool Several people were injured after they most likely got caught in the gunfire during a shooting at a neighborhood Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recreation center pool. Police believe that Keon Kiah, age 17, was the shooter, and had returned with a gun and several other people to the …

Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) North Carolina Ongoing Investigation Wisconsin May 26, 2025June 1, 2025 by Jo Ellen Ackerman

MONDAY, MAY 26, 2025

Toddler and Six-year-old Injured After Finding Loaded Guns In Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a two-year-old boy was seriously injured after getting ahold of a gun that belonged to his 17-year-old uncle. The boy shot himself in the stomach and is in critical condition at the hospital. One of the two guns that the uncle possessed …

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2024

13-year-old Unintentionally Shot and Killed by Cousin

In Mobile, Alabama, a 13-year-old was unintentionally shot and killed in his front yard by Terry Penn, his 18-year-old cousin. Penn was mishandling a firearm as the two returned home from a gas station. The gun accidentally discharged, killing the 13-year-old and Penn has been charged with manslaughter.

“...Not only is a 13-year-old’s mother burying a child, but I have a mother that now has to deal with an 18 year-old who just started his life and now has to deal with the consequences of taking, not only a child’s life, but another family member’s life,” said the police chief.

Sources:

Darwin Singleton, “18-year-old Under Arrest for Fatally Shooting 13-year-old Cousin: MPD Says Accidental,” mynbc15.com (March 7, 2024).

Summer Poole, Pat O’Donnell, Jeremy Jones, “Mobile Police Chief Says ‘Mishandling’ of a Gun Led to 13-year-old’s Death,” wkrg.com (March 7, 2024).

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