PHOENIX - (12-6-15) An accidental shooting happened at a gun show here in the valley Saturday morning. The shooting left one man injured and many others asking how this could happen.
Officials say the victim was shot once, resulting in a non-life threatening injury, and is expected to be okay. But the big question tonight is how this could happen considering the gun show has strict "no loaded gun rules" on show grounds?
Just after 11:00 am, officers responded to an accidental shooting at the crossroads of the West Gun Show, according to officials with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, after a customer purchased an antique handgun.
That’s when the unexpected happened…
"As he was inspecting it, the gun discharged and struck his friend who was standing next to him, in the upper left torso," said Capt. Damon Cecil with DPS.
The gun show, which has extremely clear rules about no loaded firearms or loaded magazines on the premises, hasn't had a problem like this for the 40 years it's been around, so the question remains…how did this happen?
"We have detectives that are working, discussing what happened with other law enforcement, with the victim, with the subject that was handling the firearm at the time, so once we complete the investigation hopefully we will have that information vetted out," said Cecil.
Even though this was considered an accident, it still gives gun-control-enthusiasts ammo to say, fewer guns, fewer accidents, but officers say if you do exercise your right to bear arms, just make sure you take all precautions.
"Always treat a firearm as if it's loaded, never point it at something that you do not want to kill or destroy, and keep your finger off the trigger," Cecil recommends.
We're told this could have an impact on how this gun show is handled in the future.
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/55998470-story
Police investigate possible accidental shooting
Cincinnati, Oh. (12-6-15) A man was hospitalized Sunday night after suffering a gunshot wound to the leg in East Price Hill, police said.
Officers were called the 2600 block of Price Avenue after a 911 caller reported a shooting. Initial reports indicated the victim was reporting a drive-by, according to police communications.
However, police at the scene reported that shooting appears to have been accidental and self-inflicted, but an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The victim, a man in his early 20s, was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He is expected to survive.
No further details are available.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/06/police-investigate-possible-accident-shooting/76893842/
Man injured in accidental shooting in Moorhead
MOORHEAD – (12-6-15) A man was injured Saturday when he was shot in the stomach, police said.
Just before 8 p.m. at 605 24th Ave. S., Moorhead, 49-year-old Wayne Hogenson’s .22 caliber rifle slipped from his hands and discharged when it hit the floor.
The bullet struck Hogenson in his abdomen causing injury. He was unaware the rifle was loaded at the time of the incident, according to a statement released by the city of Moorhead.
Detectives determined it was an accidental discharge.
Hogenson was taken to a hospital for his injuries.
http://www.inforum.com/news/3897578-man-injured-accidental-shooting-moorhead
Sheriff's Office investigating accidental shooting at gun range
The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. Friday
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas - (12-4-15) The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is investigating an accidental shooting at the Lone Star Handgun Shooting Range in East Bexar County.
The shooting happened around 3:45 p.m. Friday
Sheriff's say when they arrived they found a man in his 20s who had accidently shot himself in his thigh as he tried to take his gun out of his holster.
BCSO did not release the man's condition, other than to say he was stable when taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center for treatment.
Hours after the shooting, the owner of the shooting range posted the following video on the companies Facebook page.
http://www.ksat.com/news/sheriffs-invetigating-accidental-shooting-at-gun-range
Newton County deer hunter dies in accidental shooting
KINGSTON, Ark. (AP) - (12-5-14) Newton County authorities say a deer hunter died after accidentally shooting himself in the chest.
The county sheriff's office says in a news release that 42-year-old Aaron Villines of the Kingston area was killed in the shooting Thursday near Elkhorn Church in western Newton County.
The release says Villines and another hunter were walking to check on a deer that one of them had shot when Villines apparently slipped on a moss covered rock and fell onto his loaded rifle, which then discharged and shot him in the chest.
Villines was pronounced dead at the scene.
http://www.thv11.com/story/news/2015/12/05/newton-county-deer-hunter-dies-in-accidental-shooting/76831748/
“Accidental shooting” of Kan. teen still under investigation
HUTCHINSON– (12-6-15) Law enforcement authorities in Reno County continue to investigate an accidental shooting that injured a teenager on Thursday.
Eric Valleau, 18, was shot in the face with a 22-caliber rifle around 9:40 p.m., at an apartment in the 500 Block of East 3rd Street in Hutchinson, according to Hutchinson Police.
He was shot by 18-year-old Luke Dawson in the kitchen area of the apartment while three others were also present.
Valleau was first taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center and then airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
Police detectives have spoken with all five who were there and have determined that as of now, the shooting appears accidental and no arrests have been made.
The Reno County District Attorney’s Office is working with law enforcement to determine if any charges should be filed in the case.
http://salinapost.com/2015/12/06/accidental-shooting-of-kan-teen-still-under-investigation/
Police log: Accidental shooting
Flagstaff, Az. (12-A 22-year-old Flagstaff man was taken to the hospital over the weekend after police say he accidentally shot himself in the leg.
According to the police report, the shooting happened at a home in the 4400 block of North Lynch Avenue at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The victim told police he and his girlfriend were getting ready to leave town when he picked up his Springfield Armory XD-9 handgun in his bedroom. He told police he must have grabbed it near the trigger because it went off.
The bullet pierced the padded part of his left hand, passed through his left leg and embedded in the mattress.
The girlfriend, who was in another room, heard him scream for help and called 911. The victim was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center for treatment. The weapon was booked into Flagstaff Police Department for safekeeping. No charges were filed.
http://azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-log-accidental-shooting/article_4bf07ef4-0f1e-5598-9d9c-72737957fdcc.html
Family: 17-year-old shot to death by a friend
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — (12-6-15) A 17-year-old Jacksonville teenager lost his life in a shooting at a home on the west side Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
Malik Lavaniel Warthen III was in his room with friends when one of them grabbed a gun, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Police said that Warthen died from a gunshot wound to the head.
"He was outgoing. He was a loving person," said Sky Hall, Warthen's aunt. "He didn't deserve this."
Near noon, officers were called out to a home on the 9300 block of Maidstone Mill Drive after hearing someone was shot.
Police said they found the victim there with a gunshot wound. First responders transported him to a hospital where he later died, police said.
According to JSO the home belongs to Warthen's aunt.
"There was a mix of a group of people in their late teens," Sgt Robert John with JSO said.
All of the teens inside the home were questioned. JSO has yet to make an arrest. Nor are investigators releasing information about the shooter.
Jade Atwater, The victim's cousin, lives at the home where the shooting happened. She was not there at the time but says the family knows the shooter, who's also a teenager.
"He used to always be at the house. They use to stay the night, play games, throw parties together, so I don't know how this even happened," Atwater said.
Neighbor Charmin Alston was at her home, a few doors down, when she says the victim's mother ran into her arms.
"I consoled her, and held her, and hugged her as hard as I could and just told her I was so sorry," Alston recalled.
Alston said the teens all live in or near the usually quiet community. She said she often saw the victim and the suspected shooter playing outside together.
However, no one was sure where the gun came from.
Alston said she believed the shooting was an accident.
Authorities have charged 17-year-old Michael Cecil Saddler with manslaughter and evidence tampering.
The gun was found at a nearby house's backyard.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2015/12/05/police-17-year-old-shot-and-killed-in-jacksonvilles-west-side/76847166/
Detectives investigating fatal McComb shooting
Witnesses: victim and friend playing around before gun fired
McComb, Miss. —(12-6-15) Detectives in McComb are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred around 11 p.m. Saturday at the Community Park Apartments on 120 Gillis Circle.
Detective Joshua Brown said police arrived to the complex after security called about a man being shot.
When officers spoke to security they said Jabories Leggett, 22, had been shot and was taken to the hospital by family members.
Leggett died at Southwest Hospital after being shot in the chest, Brown said.
After speaking to witnesses police said that Leggett and his friend Edward Jenkins, 22, had been playing around before the gun fired.
Brown said Jenkins was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by convicted felon.
Authorities said this is an ongoing investigation and it has not been determined if the shooting is a homicide or accidental.
http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/detectives-investigating-fatal-mccomb-shooting/36830772
4-year-old boy accidentally shoots himself inside New Orleans East home
NEW ORLEANS —(12-6-15) A 4-year-old boy is in stable condition after he accidentally shot himself in the neck at a home in New Orleans East, police said.
New Orleans police said the incident was reported Sunday afternoon in the 7300 block of Brevard Street.
The child was at his grandparent's home when he accidentally shot himself. He remains at a hospital in stable condition, the NOPD said.
Detectives are questioning the people who were inside the home. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
Stay with WDSU-TV and WDSU.com as updates are released
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/4yearold-boy-accidentally-shoots-himself-inside-new-orleans-east-home-police-say/36828292
Boy accidentally shot in the leg
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — (12-6-15) A boy was sent to the hospital after he was accidentally shot in the leg.
Police were called to the 600 block of Hulbert Street Saturday around 1:30 p.m.
Officers said a group of kids, playing in the backyard of a vacant house found a rifle inside a shed. They stated a girl saw the victim holding the weapon and tried to get it away from him when the gun went off.
The bullet accidentally hit the boy in his right leg.
The victim was taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital. Police said his injuries were non-life-threatening and the boy will recover.
Police recovered the rifle from the scene loaded with 11 live rounds.
http://wdtn.com/2015/12/06/boy-accidentally-shot-in-the-leg/
Boy, 3, accidentally shoots 15-year-old brother in foot
San Francisco, (12-6-15) A three-year-old boy has accidentally shot and wounded his older brother in California, the latest gun incident in the state that witnessed the death of 14 persons last week in the worst mass shooting in the US since 2012.
The 15-year-old was shot in the foot by his younger sibling last night, Joe Silva with the Stockton Police Department said.
Silva said the police are investigating the incident.
The injuries are not life threatening, the police said, and the teen has been transported to the hospital.
It is unclear where exactly the shooting happened, as police learned about the incident when the teen showed up at emergency unit just after 8 pm, sacramento.cbslocal.com reported.
Apparently, the children were playing hide and seek and went into the closet of the master bedroom and found the gun.
Investigators believe the 3-year-old grabbed the gun and accidentally shot the 15-year-old, the report said.
The police say the gun belongs to the step-dad. The children’s parents are cooperating with the investigation, the report said.
The incident comes days after a radicalised couple—Tashfeen Mailk and Syed Rizwan Farook shot dead 14 people and injured 21 others in San Bernardino in California.
While Farook was a US citizen of Pakistani-origin, Tashfeen was a Pakistani national. Both were later killed by the police in an exchange of fire on Wednesday.
The San Bernardino incident is the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 26 people were killed at a school in Newton, Connecticut in 2012. — PTI
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/boy-3-accidentally-shoots-15-year-old-brother-in-foot/167391.html
Deadly Shooting Of 18-Year-Old May Have Been Accident
ENGLEWOOD (CBS4) – (12-6-15) A teenager is dead after what may have been a tragic accident. Witnesses say the 18-year-old was shot to death by his friend.
Police responded to a call of shots fired around 9:45 p.m Saturday on South Santa Fe Drive near Dartmouth Avenue.
Officers found the teen victim shot dead inside of a car in the parking lot of a mobile home park.
CBS4’s Melissa Garcia spoke exclusively with the mother of one of the boys involved in the deadly incident.
“It was an accident,” said Emma Rios, the mother of the victim’s friend.
In Spanish, Rios said that her son had been hanging out with some friends outside of her Englewood home when the gun went off.
“They were playing with the pistol,” said Rios, “they didn’t realize the gun was loaded.”
The 17-year-old boy who fired the shot is in police custody, charged with second degree murder.
“He’s a good kid,” said Rios, of the shooter. “He used to come over here a lot with my son.”
As Englewood police actively investigate the shooting, they haven’t released details including where the teens got the handgun.
Police have not released the name of the suspect because he is a juvenile.
The release of the victim’s identity is pending notification of his family.
Melissa Garcia
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/12/06/deadly-shooting-of-18-year-old-may-have-been-accident/
HIGHWAYS CLOSED FOR HOURS AS POLICE INVESTIGATE STRING OF SHOOTINGS ACROSS FRESNO
Fresno, Cali. (12-6-15) GKT note; (see link for highway shootings, the following was a separate part of the story)
Meanwhile a third incident was reported near Fresno Street and Highway 99. A man called police around 10 a.m. saying he accidentally shot himself in the hand. When police arrived the victim told officers that the shooting happened the night before at a different location. Authorities are investigating each of these incidents.
Police say the third victim has non-life-threatening injuries.
http://abc30.com/news/highways-closed-for-hours-as-police-investigate-string-of-shootings-across-fresno/1111919/
Police: Man shot and killed, several other overnight shootings under investigation
Syracuse, NY (12-6-15)
A third call came at 1:41 a.m., when a private car brought another gunshot victim to St. Joseph's Hospital. He was shot in the left thigh, possibly accidentally self-inflicted according to police. The 25-year-old did not provide any information to officers.
Syracuse Police tell us they're still sorting it all out, and they're asking anyone with information to call them at 315-442-5222.
http://cnycentral.com/news/neighborhood/syracuse-police-investigating-multiple-overnight-shootings
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