Child Shot by Babysitter

Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Texas February 25, 2020February 29, 2020 by Gary Klein

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020

For the second day in a row, a child was accidentally shot by an older relative in Houston, Texas. According to sheriff’s deputies, 19-year old Caitlyn Smith accidentally shot her 10-year old nephew while she was taking selfies with a gun. The Sheriff announced that Ms. Smith was arrested and charged with “Injury to a …

Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Pennsylvania February 9, 2020November 19, 2020 by Gary Klein

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020

A family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is mourning the death of three-year old Chassity Clancy who was shot to death in a gun accident in her home. According to reports, 51-year old Marlin Pritchard was babysitting and fell asleep next to Chassity with a loaded pistol grip shotgun under his pillow when the gun went off. …

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022

Dalorian Tyler

Torqavious Johnson, age 18, of Greer, South Carolina, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter when he picked up a handgun that had fallen on the floor and attempted to return it to 17-year old Dalorian Tyler. According to witnesses, the gun was pointed at Tyler and discharged as Johnson handed it to him. Tyler was pronounced dead a short time later.

The report of the incident contains no indication whether the gun had the types of safety features that might have prevented an accident like this one. Nor did the report include any information about where the teens had obtained the weapon.

Also in South Carolina, Benjamin Smalls, age 28, of Burton, fired his gun during a domestic dispute. The round passed through the apartment wall and struck a child in a bathroom in the apartment next door. Smalls was charged with discharging a weapon inside a dwelling, a felony.

Source:

Bethany Fowler, “Man Charged Following Deadly Shooting in Greer,” wspa.com (June 14, 2022).

Sofia Sanchez, “Man Fires Gun Inside Port Royal Apartment, Hitting Child Next Door, Police Say,” The Island Packet (June 15, 2022).

Shattered – The Gun Accident Journal

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