(3/3) gunskilltoo: Three year old finds gun in car, is shot. Among the shootings today.

Man accidentally shoots woman in Newport News 


NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) 11-6-15 -- Police are investigating an accidental shooting that happened Thursday night.

Initial police investigation revealed that just before 9 p.m., an adult male shot an adult female in the 400 block of Logan Place.

Police say the man, 35-year-old Myreo Brown, had been cleaning his gun when it accidentally discharged, hitting a 27-year-old woman in the leg. Police say she had been in the kitchen cooking at the time of the shooting, while Brown had been cleaning the gun in the living room. Her injury is not considered life-threatening.

Brown was arrested and charged with reckless handling of a firearm.


http://www.13newsnow.com/story/news/local/mycity/newport-news/2015/11/05/man-accidentally-shoots-woman/75265280/



MAN INJURED IN REPORTED ACCIDENTAL WEST PHILADELPHIA SHOOTING 


Thursday, November 05, 2015 07:26AM
Police are investigating a reported accidental shooting that left a man injured in West Philadelphia.

The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. in the 5500 block of Master Street.

Police said a man was shot in the right shoulder.

He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in stable condition.

The assailant, reportedly a female friend of a family member, told police the shooting was an accident.


http://6abc.com/news/man-injured-in-reported-accidental-west-philadelphia-shooting-/1069212/




Police: Child finds gun in car, shoots self in Kroger parking lot 


Troy, Mi - (11-6-15)  A 3-year-old was hospitalized Friday after accidentally shot himself inside a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot in Troy.

The toddler was in the front seat of the family car around 1:45 when he found his mom's gun. He picked it up and it somehow went off and shot the Rochester Hills boy in the leg. He was taken to a nearby hospital and is listed in stable condition. According to Troy Police Capt. Bob Redmond, he is expected to be okay.

"The mother and her two sons had been in Kroger shopping, when they came out the 4-year-old climbed into the into backseat of the car," Redmond said.

Police said the boy was in the front seat while his 10-year-old brother helped mom load groceries into the trunk at the Kroger at South Blvd and Crooks. The young boy reached into the front center console, took out his mom's 9 MM handgun and shot himself. Police say the bullet exited his thigh.

"He pulled the trigger on the gun, shooting himself in the upper right area, (it) exited out the right thigh," Redmond said.

Police say several people in the busy lot reported hearing the gunshot. One of those was a retired Warren police officer who was walking by. He immediately ran over to help.

"Having the right people at the scene at the right time is always a plus for us. In this case, having a good witness to have," Redmond said.

Police say the little boy's mother is a CPL holder. They said she's devastated by what happened and is by her son's side in the hospital but could face serious charges.

"The purpose of a CPL is so you can carry a handgun, then carry it. Don't store it in a car."

Police are still questioning her. She could face charges of careless, reckless, or negligent use of a firearm.

Troy Police initially told FOX 2 the child was left alone in the vehicle while the parent went inside, but no longer believe that is what happened.


http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/45467269-story





Ford City pair facing trial in shooting of 6-year-old



By Brigid Beatty
Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, 3:41 a.m.

A father and stepmother of a 6-year-old boy critically wounded by a gunshot fired by his 9-year-old brother at their Ford City residence are headed for trial.
All charges against Christopher Bryan McNeely, 29, and his wife, Crista, 27, were held for court Thursday following a combined preliminary hearing before District Judge Gary DeComo.
Christopher McNeely is charged with two felony counts each of possession of a firearm by a minor and endangering the welfare of children, in addition to lesser charges of reckless endangerment.
Crista Ann McNeely is charged with two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children.
Those charges stem from the alleged accidental shooting Aug. 5 of Christopher McNeely's son, Issac Deemer, by his 9-year-old brother.
At the time, Christopher McNeely was allegedly asleep upstairs with another of his sons; Crista McNeely had left for work.
Trooper Brian Wolfe testified that when he arrived at the home at 1123 Fourth Ave. at about 11:40 a.m., no one was home. The wounded boy already had been taken to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
“There was a large pool of blood on the kitchen island,” Wolfe said.
Assistant District Attorney Katie Charlton said that Issac had been shot in the neck.
Wolfe testified that there were two loaded guns — a 9 mm and a .380-caliber — lying on the kitchen counter near a box of cereal.
The 9 mm had a magazine with a live round in the chamber. A spent 9 mm bullet casing was found on the floor. The .380 had a loaded magazine but no bullet in the chamber.
Wolfe said there was a bullet hole in the wall and splintered wood on a kitchen stool that had been struck by a bullet.
Five long guns and military-style boxes filled with ammunition were found out in the open in the 9-year-old's upstairs bedroom.
Wolfe said that while he was there, Christopher McNeely arrived franticly looking for his cellphone, intent on getting to the hospital to see his son.
According to Trooper. Chris Birckbichler's testimony, the 9-year-old boy told him that on the morning of the incident he and Issac were in the kitchen eating breakfast.
He said the guns were on the counter.
After removing the magazine from the .380-caliber, he used the gun's laser sight to play with the family dog. Then he picked up the 9 mm and removed a bullet.
When he picked it back up, he tried to tighten the grip and it went off, striking his brother.
“He said he actually put his hand over (his brother's) wound to stop the bleeding,” Birckbichler said.
Birckbichler testified that when he spoke with Crista during the course of the investigation she saw Christopher McNeely bring the 9 mm and .380-caliber into the kitchen the night before the incident.
She saw him remove the magazines from each gun and work the action to ensure there were no bullets in the chamber before putting both loaded magazines back in. She said he left them on the counter.
Trooper. Max DeLuca testified that Christopher McNeely told him he had brought the guns into the house the night before the incident and test fired them to ensure there weren't any bullets in the chamber before putting a loaded magazine in both guns.
DeLuca said McNeely told him he was still in bed on the morning of Aug. 5 when he heard his 9-year-old son scream his name.
“He went downstairs, saw a lot of blood on the floor and saw his son sitting in a chair with a bullet wound to his shoulder (area),” DeLuca said. “He put his hands over the wounds and 911 was called.”
DeLuca said when Christopher McNeely questioned his 9-year-old son, his son said he used the big one — the 9 mm.
Pittsburgh attorney Samir Sarna is representing Christopher McNeely, and attorney Randall H. McKinney, also of Pittsburgh, is representing Crista McNeely.
Neither called any witnesses.
Both defendants posted bail on Sept. 22. Christopher McNeely free on $15,000 bond and Crista McNeely is out on $7,500 bond.
Brigid Beatty is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-543-1303 or bbeatty@tribweb.com.

http://triblive.com/news/armstrong/9386218-74/mcneely-christopher-bullet#axzz3qnmtOHBE





Man Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself In Head 


AURORA (CBS) 11-3-15 — A 25-year-old man died after he accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun he thought was unloaded while driving early Saturday in west suburban Aurora.

Chadd R. Harrison was driving a car in the 1300 block of Valayna Drive about 12:30 a.m. when he pulled out a .45 caliber handgun and began playing with it, according to Aurora city spokesman Dan Ferrelli.

Harrison told two other men in the car, ages 24 and 25, the gun was not loaded, then held it to his head and pulled the trigger, Ferrelli said.



The firearm discharged into his head, Ferrelli said. His 25-year-old friend was able to stop the car by throwing it into park.

Harrison, a Bolingbrook resident, was taken to an Aurora hospital where he was pronounced dead, Ferrelli said. The other two men were not hurt.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)



http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/11/03/man-dies-after-accidentally-shooting-himself-in-head/



Family in shock after US toddler shoots mom in Walmart


LOS ANGELES: (1-1-15)  The accidental fatal shooting of a US woman by her own two-year-old son at a Walmart store has left her family devastated and again raised questions about gun safety in America.

Veronica Rutledge was out shopping with her son and three nieces Tuesday in Hayden, Idaho when the child unzipped her handbag — specially designed to carry a concealed weapon — and the gun went off.

The 29-year-old nuclear research scientist, who held a concealed-carry permit, got the bag last week as a Christmas gift from her husband Colt Rutledge, with whom she shared a passion for guns.

“An inquisitive two-year-old boy reached into the purse, unzipped the compartment, found the gun and shot his mother in the head,” her father-in-law Terry Rutledge told The Washington Post.

“It's a terrible, terrible incident.”

He added that his son, the victim's husband, now is grappling with how to break the news to the youngster, the couple's only child.

“He has a two-year-old boy right now who doesn't know where his mom is and he'll have to explain why his mom isn't coming home,” Rutledge said.

“And then, later on (in) his life, as he questions it more, he'll again have to explain what happened, so we'll have to relive this several times over.”

Nuclear scientist
Veronica Rutledge was a scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory, a federal nuclear research facility in the east of the state, and co-authored a number of published papers.

Staff at the laboratory are “deeply saddened” by her death, a spokeswoman told AFP.

Rutledge and her husband — who married in 2009 — shared a keen interest in guns, spending time at shooting ranges and going out hunting.

Rutledge illustrated her Facebook page with a smiling profile photo of herself and her little boy, alongside a panoramic photo of a rainbow.

Some 30,000 deaths a year in the United States involve firearms. The majority are suicides; many others are murders. But some involve children laying their hands on loaded weapons.

In 2011 alone, 140 children and teenagers died as a result of an unintentional shooting, more often than not inside a home, according to a study from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Several thousand more sustained non-fatal injuries.

Handbags for guns
Walmart closed its Hayden location — normally open 24 hours a day — after Tuesday's shooting, which occurred in the electronics department. It reopened Wednesday.

Coincidentally, the retail chain is the biggest gun retailer in the United States, which has seen an uptick in gun-buying in recent years among women looking for greater personal protection.

Fifteen percent of American women own a gun, according to a Gallup poll analysis.

There has been a corresponding boom in fashionable handbags specially designed to hold a concealed weapon, including one brand called Gun Tote'n Mamas.

Gun dealer Robin Ball, speaking to local TV station KREM, expressed surprise that a two-year-old would have the finger strength required to pull a trigger.

She speculated that the absence of an external safety mechanism — common for many contemporary handguns — might have been a factor.

“Murphy's law just came into play today in so many ways and there are irreversible consequences for that,” Ball said.

Largely rural Idaho has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the United States, as well as a rate of violent crime below the national average.

And earlier this year, its state legislature passed a law intended to pre-empt the introduction of any new federal gun control laws.

“Accidents like this cause us all to pause and remember that firearm safety is one of those areas where we can never forget the awesome responsibility that comes with gun ownership and must always be aware and living the rules of firearm safety,” said Carrie Lightfoot of The Well Armed Woman, a website for female gun owners.

Little chance for new laws



Prospects for tougher gun control laws, however, remain thin.

In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre in December 2012 in which 20 children died, President Barack Obama pushed for universal background checks for all gun-buyers.

But the proposal dramatically collapsed in the face of opposition in Congress, as did a bid to outlaw military-style assault rifles.

Meanwhile, over the years, a growing number of US states have adopted laws allowing their residents to obtain concealed carry permits.

In December 2011, the US Government Accountability Office estimated there were about eight million concealed handgun permits, but by June 2014, the number had grown to well over 11.1 million.

Florida has issued the most concealed carry permits — 1.28 million. The state with the highest percentage of residents with such permits is South Dakota at 12 percent.

In August, a nine-year-old girl learning to fire an Uzi submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at the Arizona Last Stop gun range in the southwestern state.

She was unable to control the weapon's recoil as she fired it, and an errant bullet struck her 39-year-old instructor in the head, killing him, a police report said. –AFP


http://www.samaa.tv/weird/2015/01/family-in-shock-after-us-toddler-shoots-mom-in-walmart/