Adult Injury Child Death (18 and Under) Georgia Indiana Iowa Law Enforcement Action (At Time of Report) Ongoing Investigation

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Four-year-old Boy Killed, Two Other People Wounded, in Accidental Shootings In Oskaloosa, Iowa, a four-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene from an accidental discharge. Few details have been reported in this ongoing investigation. A 27-year-old man was injured in an unintentional shooting in an apartment In Lafayette, Indiana. The gunshot wound between his neck and shoulder …

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Adult Injury Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Michigan No Charges Filed Ohio Ongoing Investigation

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024

Boy and Man Injured After Unintentionally Shooting Themselves An 8-year-old boy found an unsecured gun in his apartment in Warren, Michigan, and shot himself in the face. He was taken the hospital in critical condition. His parents were at home at the time of the shooting, but no other details have been reported. And a …

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Adult Injury California Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Kentucky Louisiana No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Middle School Placed on Lockdown, and Two Other Gun Accidents A middle school in Berea, Kentucky, went into brief lock down when a man nearby accidentally shot himself in the leg. The man said he was in his vehicle checking his firearm when it discharged unintentionally. He was taken to the hospital and is expected …

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Adult Injury Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Juvenile Arrested Tennessee

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023

Teacher Hurt When Gun Fires in Student Backpack Students at a Knoxville, Tennessee high school were briefly placed on “medium” lockdown when a gun “unintentionally” fired in a student’s backpack. A teacher suffered a graze wound in the incident which was described as “very minor.”  The 14-year-old student was arrested and charged in a juvenile …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Louisiana No Charges Filed Ongoing Investigation Texas

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Two More Teenagers Killed in Gun Accidents For the second day in a row, two teenagers died in preventable gun accidents. In New Orleans, Louisiana, 15-year-old Tyler Ellis was accidentally shot in his home by another 15-year-old. Less than three weeks ago, Kennedi Belton, a classmate of Ellis’s, was also killed in a preventable gun …

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Adult Injury Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Illinois Juvenile Arrested No Charges Filed Tennessee

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2022

A Memphis, Tennessee school was placed on lockdown after a 15-year-old accidentally discharged a weapon that he had brought to school.  According to the report, another student went to the school nurse with a gunshot wound to his leg.  The 15-year-old was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment.  Apparently, the incident did not result in …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Child Injury (18 and Under) Michigan Ongoing Investigation Pennsylvania

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021

Authorities in Clinton Township, Michigan are expected to charge a man whose gun went off during a physical altercation with his younger brother.   The two men were wrestling on the floor when the gun fired and the younger man was killed. The precise circumstances causing the gun to go off are unclear. Although the police …

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