Lake Placid, NY (9-22-15) Police in Lake Placid are investigating an accidental shooting.
A mother was hospitalized after a gun got into her child's hands. It happened at about 9 a.m. at an apartment complex off Miller Drive in Lake Placid.
Police wouldn't say who the shooter or victim are, but Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall says it was a 3-year-old child who accidentally shot his mother. He said the woman was home with two young children when the gun went off.
Police say they got a call Tuesday morning about a person with a gunshot wound. They say a resident was accidentally shot while at home in an apartment building off Miller Drive. The victim was transported to the Adirondack Medical Center and is in stable condition.
"It appears to be an automatic handgun left loaded in a place where it shouldn't have been," Lake Placid Police Chief William Moore said.
Police say they are confident the shooting was an accident. The mayor agrees, given how young the child is.
The mother is in stable condition. Police say she was shot somewhere in her back and they say charges could be filed in the case.
Lake Placid and New York State police are continuing the investigation
http://www.wcax.com/story/30092231/lake-placid-mayor-mother-hospitalized-after-accidental-shooting
Woman accidentally shoots herself
West Bloomfield, Mi (9-22-15) Officers were dispatched to the 7000 block of Ten Hill, near West 14 Mile and Middlebelt roads, after a woman accidentally shot herself at 9:45 p.m. Sept. 21.
According to West Bloomfield Deputy Police Chief Curt Lawson, the 59-year-old woman was reaching for something in a kitchen cabinet when a .45-caliber pistol fell off the shelf, struck the counter and discharged. The woman was shot in the stomach.
“It appears that a projectile from the weapon had went through the bottom of the holster,” Lawson said.
Six family members who were inside the house during the event were interviewed. Lawson said they confirmed that the gun accidentally discharged. The gun was placed into evidence, and detectives will follow up on the incident.
“It does appear to be an accidental shooting at this time,” Lawson said.
http://www.candgnews.com/news/woman-accidentally-shoots-herself-86367
Stray bullet claims Lancaster Army Sergeant’s life
(9-21-15) A Lancaster native with two decades of service in the U.S. Army died Saturday after he was struck by a stray bullet on a shooting range in the midlands.
Michael Heintz, 44, was struck by a bullet while shooting high-powered weapons with this brother and a friend the morning of September 19, according to a community Facebook page set up by Heintz’ family.
http://www.wrhi.com/2015/09/stray-bullet-claims-lancaster-army-sergeants-life-118410
Here's the GO FUND ME page for Sgt. Major Heintz: https://www.gofundme.com/xp4n58g8
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Teen waives hearing in shooting death of younger brother
Philadelphia, Pa (9-23-15) With Municipal Judge Patrick Dugan on the bench, defense attorney Richard Giuliani asked Quadir Tunnell if he understood that by waiving his hearing, he was agreeing that a crime had been committed and that "you probably were involved."
"Yes," said Tunnell, a young man dressed in a black T-shirt over a long-sleeved white shirt.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150923_Teen_waives_hearing_in_shooting_death_of_younger_brother.html
Slain Pa. trooper's family files suit against firearms instructor
Plymouth Township, Pa (9-22-15) A state police firearms instructor who accidentally shot and killed a fellow trooper is now facing a civil suit filed in U.S. District Court by the trooper's family.
Nearly a year ago, on Sept. 30, Richard Schroeter, was demonstrating a handgun for a class in Plymouth Township when he pointed the muzzle at Trooper David Kedra and squeezed the trigger. A bullet was in the chamber. Kedra, 26, later died of a gunshot wound to his abdomen at Temple University Hospital.
Schroeter, a 23-year veteran of the force who retired shortly after the incident, was not charged with manslaughter. He took responsibility for the shooting and pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment. The 43-year-old former trooper was sentenced last month to two weeks in jail and up to 18 months of house arrest.
Kedra's family took the sentence as a slap in the face.
"Two weeks? My brother's life is worth two weeks?" Kedra's sister Christine shouted at the prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Samantha Cauffman, outside the Montgomery County courtroom after Schroeter was sentenced.
The suit contends that as an instructor, Schroeter was well acquainted with firearm safety rules on Sept. 30, 2014, the day of the shooting. According to the suit, Schroeter's critical violations included failing to conduct a proper safety check before using the handgun for training purposes, failing to determine if the gun was loaded, pointing the firearm at another person, and failing to keep his finger off the weapon's trigger unless firing at a safe target.
http://touch.mcall.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-84495477/
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