Dax Goodwin

19-year old Dax Goodwin was arrested and charged with manslaughter after an unintentional shooting today in Tonopah, Arizona. According to the report Goodwin shot another teenager in the head with a gun he believed to be unloaded. The two were on a hunting trip driving in separate pick-up trucks at the time of the incident. …

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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 and shot into a house,” the Sheriff said. “And there was a 6-year-old child that was hit and [he] died at the hospital.”

In Jackson Mississippi, a two-year old girl was shot and wounded when multiple bullets were fired from a black SUV. The child was playing in the yard of her home at the time. “"Our hearts and prayers go out and up for the family of the 2-year-old in critical condition. We all pray for a speedy and healthy recovery," the City Counsel President said after the incident.

In Detroit, Michigan, a nine-year old found a gun in her home and shot herself in the chest. She is in stable condition at the hospital according to a report.

Sources:

Therese Apel, “Mississippi Family Recounts Shooting that Took the Life of 6-year-old Boy,” WLBT3 (October 28, 2020).

Justin Vicory, “2-year-old in Critical Condition after Mid-day Shooting in Jackson: JPD,” Clarion Ledger (October 27, 2020).

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