A Florida fire captain died earlier this week when he was shot by a friend who was displaying a gun he planned to give the fireman. Jay Rind, 63, has been charged with manslaughter and improper exhibition of a firearm in the death of James Gilliard, 48, the Palm Beach Post reports. In court on …
Officials have released footage of an Indiana officer shooting his female colleague in the back, reportedly leaving her in serious but stable condition. The Journal & Courier reported that the Lafayette Police Department released three body cam videos showing officer Aaron Wright’s shooting of officer Lane Butler. The shooting occurred on Tuesday while the three officers were entering …
A 6-year-old Missouri girl was reportedly killed Friday when her older brother accidentally shot her in the back of her head while their parents attended a Christmas party. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, police said Maliyah Palmer died after her 12-year-old brother found a 9mm handgun in a dresser in their parents’ bedroom and unintentionally …
A 3-year-old is fighting for his life after allegedly being shot in the head by his 6-year-old brother in their Philadelphia home. WPVI reported that police arrested the kids’ father, Sirhaven Williams, 36, and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person following Saturday afternoon’s shooting. The father is facing …
A Somerset, Kentucky, grandmother died Wednesday night after a teenage relative reportedly shot her from the back seat. One of her grandsons, an 18-year-old, was driving as another grandson and their cousin were in the backseat. The boys, ages 12 and 17, were playing around with a muzzle-loading pistol when it went off and shot Eutta Phelps, 68, …
“She just wanted some damn candy,” says the child’s father
A 5-year-old boy in Jackson, Mississippi, is dead after accidentally shooting himself in his family home on Saturday, police confirm. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Jackson Police Department Cmdr. Tyree Jones said that shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning at 3720 Cromwell St. When police arrived, they determined that the boy accidentally shot himself in the …
A National Rifle Association (NRA) museum employee accidentally shot himself on Friday, police said. According to NBC Washington, the shooting happened at the National Firearms Museum, a site run by the National Rifle Association out of its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. According to USA Today, the unidentified 46-year-old man suffered a wound to the lower body …
An Arizona couple that has been charged with the shooting death of their 9-year-old son to death originally claimed the boy’s toddler brother had shot him accidentally after he picking up a loaded gun left on a bed in the family’s Phoenix home. According to the New York Times, Wendy and Kansas Lavarnia were charged …
A family outing became a near-tragedy Friday evening after two young children were accidentally shot in a Texas Chuck E. Cheese parking lot while alone in a parent’s car. According to the Star-Telegram, two 3-year-old boys walked out of a Fort Worth Chuck E. Cheese ahead of their adult companions, who were reportedly just behind …
