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Shattered – The Gun Accident Journal

Reports of Unintended Gun Violence Collected from Media Reports Across the United States

Tag: Child Shot with Pellet Gun

Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Tennessee December 28, 2022January 1, 2023 by Gary Klein

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2022

Drake Adams, a Claiborne County, Tennessee 3-year-old, was shot and killed by a round unintentionally fired from a pellet gun today.  Anthony Adams, the boy’s father, told sheriff’s deputies that Drake grabbed the barrel of a pellet gun sitting on the edge of a bed. Adams said he bumped the gun and is “unsure” how …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested February 24, 2022April 24, 2022 by Gary Klein

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2022

 Two young people, a ten-year old boy and an 18-year old girl, died in gun accidents today. The ten year-old, Charlie Patton, of Milledgeville, Georgia, died of a pellet gun wound after being accidentally shot by 17-year old Jamarius Walls, a friend of his family,.  “All the evidence and witness statements we have from the …

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  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021

    In Greenville, North Carolina, an 8-year old boy found a loaded gun in the glove box of his family’s car and accidentally shot himself in the abdomen.  He later died at the hospital.

    A police spokesperson said, “[g]uns can be very appealing to young children particularly children of this age and words cannot express the unimaginable loss this family is going through today and I know that they are likely replaying the events through their head right now to decipher if there’s anything they could’ve done differently so we certainly want to extend our support to the family.”  Police referred to the incident as a “tragic accident.”

    Source:

    “Police: Boy Dies in Greenville After Accidentally Shooting Self With Gun,” WITN (April 1, 2021).

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