Mistaken Belief that Real Gun was a BB Gun

Girl Mistakes Real Gun for BB Gun, and Husband Shoots Wife in Gun Cleaning Accident Daejion Grant, 16, was unintentionally shot and killed by a 14-year-old girl in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The girl thought she was holding a BB gun, but it was instead a real handgun. She has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and is …

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Eric Perez, a 10-year old in Shelbyville, Kentucky, died today in a shooting that appears to authorities to have been accidental. "He was just a fun and energetic little boy -- he did his own little thing, that's why it’s so shocking," said a neighbor. A police spokesperson added, "[t]hat's hard especially with the holidays coming up. I’m sure the family had plans in what they were going to do. And now they have to plan a funeral."

Police are seeking Treymont Rucker-McKellery, a 28-year old who left the scene after the accident. The unstated implication of the news story is that Perez shot himself accidentally with Rucker-McKellery’s gun. Rucker-McKellery is said to be “distraught.”

Source:

CJ Daniels, Tom Lally, Gabrielle Harmon, “Shooting Death of 10-year-old Shelbyville Boy Appears Accidental; Case Sent to Commonwealth’s Attorney,” whas11.com (November 22, 2021).

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