Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Ongoing Investigation Texas

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021

Across the country, people young and old were injured or killed by celebratory gunfire on New Year’s morning.  The incidents are too numerous to fully describe.  Returning to Texas, the site of one of last year’s worst celebratory gunfire tragedies, at least four people, including a sleeping eight-year old Houston boy, were struck by celebratory …

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Adult Arrested Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Georgia Indiana No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Four teenagers were accidentally shot today in separate incidents.  Three of the teens shot themselves.  Two of the incidents, though unrelated, occurred at the same apartment complex in Atlanta, Georgia, just blocks away from where another teen had been accidentally shot last week.  In Augusta, Georgia, a 14-year old boy shot himself in the hip …

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Adult Arrested California Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Indiana Ongoing Investigation

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020

Two children were accidentally shot and killed today. In Merced, California today, a 5-year old girl was shot and killed by another child who found a loaded and unsecured gun in the home.  Her father drove her to the hospital where she died.  The girl’s father, Rodney Mathews, left her at the hospital and led …

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Adult Arrested Adult Injury Child Death (18 and Under) New Hampshire North Carolina Ongoing Investigation Uncategorized

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In Stokes County, North Carolina, a 6-year old found a gun at home this afternoon and shot themselves to death.  The child’s name and gender were withheld as were the circumstances in which they got their hands on a gun.  A parent was home at the time of the accident. “I couldn’t believe what had …

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Adult Injury California Child Injury (18 and Under) Kansas Ongoing Investigation

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020

Two people were injured today when guns were accidentally discharged.  In each incident the victim was not in the room where the gun was fired.   At John Wayne airport in Orange County, California, a sheriff’s deputy accidentally fired his service weapon at 7 AM this morning.  The round penetrated a wall and hit an airport …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Kentucky

SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020

20-year old Keaton Sexton died today in Frankfort, Kentucky when a bullet passed through his apartment wall.  Another 20-year-old, Trevor Fridenmaker, of Frankfort, was handling a pistol in the next apartment when it accidentally discharged. “There’s no belief there was any ill intent,” a Police Captain said.  “Through investigation, it was determined the round that …

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Adult Arrested Adult Injury Pennsylvania

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020

In Allentown, Pennsylvania, an accidentally discharged round passed through the shooter’s bedroom door, across a hallway and through another door where it struck 52-year old Virgen Milagros Rivera, who was critically injured.  The shooter, who was found to have negligently handled the firearm, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment.  He was …

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