Adult Arrested Alabama Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Illinois Minnesota Missouri No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2023

More Unintended Gun Deaths and Injuries to Children Jacari Brown of Chicago, Illinois, age eight, was visiting a neighbor when he and another boy found a gun.  The gun went off, struck Jacari in the chest, and he was killed. No other injuries were reported and there is an ongoing investigation. In Kennett, Missouri, a …

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Adult Death Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Illinois No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation Virginia Wisconsin

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2023

Three People Killed in Gun Accidents Kentrell Pouncey of Calumet City, Illinois, age five, was shot and killed after one of his siblings found a loaded gun somewhere outside and brought it home. Pouncey was at home with his three siblings, all under 15, and his mother at the time of the shooting.  Which of …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Kentucky No Charges Filed

MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022

Eleven-year old Jakari Griffin of Louisville, Kentucky was shot and killed while at home with relatives today. So far, police have declined to describe the specific circumstances of the incident but have issued this statement:  “[a]fter conducting all interviews, we believe, at this time, this incident was accidental. We will continue to follow-up to ensure …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) Ongoing Investigation South Carolina

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

An Anderson County, South Carolina 9-year old was shot today when his mother’s gun fell out of her purse, struck the floor and discharged.  His injuries are not considered life-threatening. The sheriff’s office is investigating. Source: Anne Newman, “Child Shot at Anderson County Home, Deputies Say,” wyff4.com (February 10, 2022).

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Adult Arrested Alabama Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Michigan Ongoing Investigation

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022

A pair of three-year old children found loaded guns in their homes and accidentally shot themselves today. In Birmingham, Alabama, a three-year old found a family member’s loaded gun in his home and shot himself in the leg.   He is expected to survive. The report notes that it was the second incident in Jefferson County …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Missouri Ongoing Investigation Texas

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2021

On the day of Christmas Eve, a two-year and a five-years old were victims of gun accidents. The two-year old killed himself and the five-year old was injured. In Independence, Missouri, the two-year old was handling a gun when it fired. The child was pronounced dead several hours later.  Police were initially told that there …

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Adult Arrested Alabama Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Kentucky Ongoing Investigation Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington

SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2021

Seven children under the age of six were killed or injured by gunfire today.  All of them were innocent bystanders to adult gun violence. In Memphis Tennessee, a one-year old child was shot and killed inside a vehicle. “Our kids are scared to death out there,” a local community group leader said.  The other incidents …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation Pennsylvania

TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021

An 11-year old child was shot and killed by another child inside an East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania home. “A single gunshot discharged from a handgun being handled by another juvenile in the residence,” was how the fatal shot was described in a news release issued by the state police.  No information about how the children had …

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Child Injury (18 and Under) North Carolina Ongoing Investigation

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021

At a Winston-Salem, North Carolina hospital, doctors discovered that an eight-year old had been shot in the head in her home.  The girl was in critical condition. No other information has been released, including about the circumstances of the incident. Police are investigating.  Source: John Hinton, “An 8-year-old Girl is Shot in the Head on …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Michigan Mississippi Ongoing Investigation

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020

Three children under ten-years old were shot by accident in separate incidents today.  Two of the incidents occurred in connection with drive-by shootings in Mississippi.  In the first, in Roxie Mississippi, six-year old Robert London was killed when someone fired into his home for unknown reasons.  He was hit in the head.  “They went by …

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