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Florida 2-Year-old Dead - No One Responsible

Local news reports

A toddler died on Wednesday night after finding a gun and accidentally shooting himself in the chest, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.

According to deputies, the boy's parents were moving out of their house in the 1000 block of Misty Hollow Lane in Tarpon Springs just before 5 p.m. when 2-year-old Kaleb Ahles entered their car.

Kevin Ahles, 23, the child's father, had left a .380 caliber handgun secured in the vehicle, deputies said.

Kaleb was alone inside the car when the family heard a loud popping sound. Deputies said the toddler located the gun in the glove box of the car and and shot himself in the chest.

"He probably barely got the trigger pulled, but it was enough to fire the gun and kill him," said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.

"There's plenty of witnesses to corroborate that Kaleb was in the car by himself," said Sheriff Gualtieri. "There's no indication of criminal activity, no indication of any foul play other than it is what I described to you as a tragedy."

No charges are expected to be filed.

"Sometimes bad things happen," Sheriff Gualtieri said.

Mississippi 14-Year-old Shot and Killed by his Twin Brother

Local news

Authorities say a 14-year-old Walthall County boy died after being accidentally shot by his twin brother.

Coroner Shannon Hartzog tells the Enterprise-Journal that Devin Bergeron died of a single gunshot wound to the chest after being shot at his home on Kirklin Road.

Hartzog call it a tragic accident.

He says sheriff's deputies have recovered the gun used in the shooting.

Hartzog says Bergeron, a student at Salem Attendance Center, went to Walthall County General Hospital by private vehicle, where he was pronounced dead by emergency room physicians.

How is it possible that in a gun-friendly state like Mississippi, a 14-year-old has a complete lack of gun safety? Who's fault is that? Is no one responsible for this outrageous incident?

Washington 15-Year-old Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Face

Local news reports

A 14-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the face Thursday while he and a friend were handling a gun, police said.

The boy was taken to St. John Hospital and then by LifeFlight to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. He was bleeding from the head, according to police.

They said a 15-year-old boy who lives at the home found a hidden key to the gun safe and was able to get to a handgun inside. The 15-year-old told police that the gun went off as he was putting it back in the gun safe.

Both parents were at work at the time of the shooting. Police said the 15-year-old had been told not to have friends over when the parents weren’t there.

Police said the parents told them they didn’t think their children knew where the gun safe key was hidden.

Pregnant Florida Woman Dead - It Was Just a Tragic Accident - No Charges

 Katherine Lynn Hoover


Local news reports

A five-month pregnant woman died after she was shot in the head while admiring a friend's gun collection, Hernando County authorities said Sunday.

The Citrus County woman and her husband were looking at the gun collection belonging her friend William DeHayes in Brooksville when DeHayes .22 caliber revolver discharged and hit the wife in the head.

Katherine Lynn Hoover, 25, was quickly transported to a nearby hospital and then airlifted to Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, where doctors removed the woman's baby, but he did not survive. Hoover died early Sunday.

Deputies are continuing to investigate the incident, which they believe was an accident. They did not immediately say whether DeHayes would face charges of negligence.

Guns and Other Weapons at Airports

Shameful, Disgraceful Decision by the Washington State Supreme Court

Amina Kocer-Bowman, pictured in a 2012 photo from KOMO/4. Amina was shot in the stomach by a 9-year-old classmate who'd taken a gun from his mother's boyfriend.

Seattlepi

A Bremerton man previously convicted of assault after his stepson accidentally shot a classmate with his pistol has been cleared by the state Supreme Court.

In a split decision, a majority of the high court found that Douglas Bauer shouldn’t have been convicted of assault after his girlfriend’s then-9-year-old son accidentally shot a classmate with his handgun.

Reversing the trial court’s decision, the majority ruled that Bauer’s conduct – leaving a loaded gun unsecured – didn’t cause the non-fatal shooting at the Bremerton elementary school.

“Bauer’s act of gun ownership, in contrast, is not felonious or criminal,” Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud wrote for the majority. “His decision to keep loaded weapons around the house is not, in itself, a crime in this state, either.”

Michigan Lawful Gun Owner Gets Caught Doing His Thing

Local news reports

A Kingsford man has been arraigned after an accidental gun shot injured a woman who was near him.

Authorities say 64-year-old Jack Strong shot a pistol at a bag of cans near a woman. She was hit by bullet shrapnel.

Strong is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, careless discharge causing injury or death and possession of a firearm under the influence.  

Indiana Lawful Gun Owner Pleads Guilty to Fatally Shooting 3-year-old Boy in the Head During ‘Gun Game’

Zachariah Grisham

Raw Story

A northern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to criminal charges after killing his fiancee’s 3-year-old son while they were playing a “gun game” in their Michigan City home.

Authorities said Zachariah Grisham, 24, frequently played a game in which he would point a real gun at the boy while child would point an imaginary gun back.

Grisham shot the boy in the head in September 2013. He told police he forgot his gun was loaded and pulled the trigger.

Grisham pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of child neglect. He was originallycharged with both child neglect and reckless homicide.

Authorities said the shooting wasn’t intentional.

“It did not meet the qualifications of murder. It’s a very unfortunate incident,” LaPorte County Deputy Prosecutor Dave Ambers toldThe Times of Northwest Indiana.

Arizona 3-Year-old Shoots and Kills his 1-Year-old Brother

Huffington Post reports

A 3-year-old Payson boy shot and killed his 1½ -year-old brother after the boys found a handgun in a neighbor's apartment and took it to another room, the eastern Arizona town's police chief said Wednesday.

Police Chief Don Engler said his department's investigation of the Tuesday shooting will take about a week. Resultswill be forwarded to the Gila County Attorney's Office for a decision on whether to prosecute anybody, he said.

"What we're taking a look at is the circumstances regarding the securing of the weapon" and how the boys were able to get ahold of it, Engler told The Associated Press. "We are continuing our investigation, and we haven't ruled out criminal charges at this point."

He said it was too early to say what recommendation his department might maketo prosecutors.

The boys and their mother were visiting the 78-year-old neighbor in their apartment complex when the shooting occurred in a bedroom.

The brothers found the semi-automatic pistol somewhere in the living area where it was not in plain sight, the police chief said without elaborating. Neither adult knew the boys had the weapon, Engler said.

The boys were playing when they found the gun, police said. The weapon discharged, and the toddler was shot in the head.

Road Rage Incident

Too bad Torres didn't have a gun of his own. That's the pro-gun take on it, right?

Arizona Man Unintentionally Shoots Himself While Driving, Crashes Car

Ohh Shoot

A Flagstaff, Arizona man was returning from picking up his handgun at a gun store where it was being repaired.  While driving he noticed that the .45-caliber handgun was cocked.  He picked up the gun to try to uncock the firearm and unintentionally discharged the weapon.

The bullet hit him in the foot.  He decided to try and continue driving to the hospital but blacked out from the blood loss. His car crashed into a tree in front of a local hospice home.

Paramedics had to cut down the tree in order to remove him from the car.  He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The incident is still under investigation and no charges have been filed. 

Bumbling Kansas Gun Owner Shoots Himself by Accident - No Charges

Local news reports

A man is in serious condition at a Wichita hospital after accidentally shooting himself Saturday morning in rural Reno County.

James D. Meyer, 52, was setting up to do some reloading on his .40 caliber handgun shortly before 9 a.m. in the 11000 block of Paney Circle Drive. He attempted to remove a magazine from the gun when it discharged, hitting his upper left leg.

His brother, who was in the same room, called 911 and began treating Meyer until EMS arrived, according to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office.

Meyer was taken to Via Christi St. Francis in serious condition.

The shooting is being investigated as accidental.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/01/12/3223866/accidental-shooting-leaves-reno.html#storylink=cpy

Texas Teens Hunting - One Goes to the Hospital

Local news reports

A teenager has been airlifted to the North Mississippi Medical Center as the result of a shooting incident in the Chickasaw County.

Chickasaw County Chief Deputy Jim Meyers says the 15-year-old was shot with a hunting rifle on County Road 190 in the Enon Community around 1 p.m.

The juvenile was carried to the Trace Regional Medical Center in Houston by ambulance before being airlifted with a gunshot wound to the head.  

Sheriff's investigators at the scene say the shooting appears to be accidental.

They believe the victim and another juvenile were deer hunting when the shooting occured.

Tennessee Man Dead - Negligent Discharge - Bullet Passed through the Floor

Local news reports

Columbia police are investigating the Sunday morning death of a 19-year-old man they believe was the victim of a “tragic shooting accident,” Sgt. Vince Morgan said. 

James Tyler Wisdom of Columbia died inside his town home from a single gunshot wound to his head, according to a police report. 

Morgan said Wisdom’s roommate was upstairs showing a .45-caliber Sauer pistol to another person about 1 a.m. Sunday when it discharged. The bullet passed through the floor striking Wisdom, who was standing in the kitchen area below.  

18-Year-old School Shooter, Karl Pierson, Bought Gun Legally

Karl Pierson and shooting victim Claire Davis

Business Insider

The 18-year-old Colorado high school student who shot a classmate in the head and then killed himself in the school's library on Friday legally purchased a gun one week before the attack, ABC News reports.

Karl Pierson's target was reportedly a faculty member at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., but the number of weapons he had on him suggested that he intended to harm more people.

"His intent was evil and his evil intent was to harm multiple individuals," Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said during a press conference Saturday.

Anyone over the age of 18 can legally buy a shotgun in Colorado, according to the Associated Press.