SWANSEA, ILL. (12-18-15) A retired East St. Louis police captain has died in an apparent accidental shooting.
The Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1OAne5Q ) reports that 72-year-old Sherman Jumper of Swansea died Wednesday afternoon after a small handgun he was carrying inside of a bag discharged. Police say Jumper was in his garage and appeared to be headed into his home when he dropped a bag he was carrying, causing the handgun that was concealed inside to discharge, striking him in the head.
Jumper worked with the East St. Louis Police Department for nearly 29 years before retiring as a captain.
The case is being treated as an accidental shooting.
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article50425270.html
Iowa sheriff needs surgery after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning gun
BURLINGTON, Iowa — (12-17-15) Officials say surgery is expected for a southeastern Iowa sheriff who accidentally shot himself in the left hand while cleaning a gun.
A news release from the Des Moines County Sheriff's Office says Sheriff Mike Johnstone was cleaning his personally-owned handgun at his home when it fired around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Johnstone was taken to the Great River Medical Center's emergency room for treatment. His injury is not considered to be life-threatening.
The department's release says the hospital has made arrangements to have Johnstone transferred to another medical facility where he could be treated by a surgeon who specializes in hand injuries.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/iowa-sheriff-accidentally-shoots-cleaning-gun-article-1.2469276
UPDATE: Police believe wife shot husband with handgun in Kosciusko Co.
AKRON, Ind. A woman has been arrested after allegedly shooting her husband Wednesday evening.
Just before 7 p.m., officers were notified that a man was shot by a woman in the 7000 block of West State Street 14 in Akron.
Officers found 50-year-old Samuel Walter Israel suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Police say he was shot with a handgun and they found other weapons inside the home.
He was airlifted to a hospital in Fort Wayne and remains in critical condition and unstable condition.
Because of the rural setting where the incident happened, police are having a tough time with the investigation.
"It's quite a bit more difficult than an urban area," Sgt. Chad Hill of the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department said. "You have got potentially two individuals and one of them in a critical condition situation. Then you have to tie in and rely on physical evidence you ascertain at the scene. Then go back in the history and see if there's anything prior with the two individuals as well to build the investigation. Without any witnesses close by it makes it more difficult in taxing the department to make a clean investigation."
Sgt. Hill says they have responded to calls at the home int he past but never for something related to this incident.
The man's wife, 58-year-old Jacqueline Leona Israel, was initially taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries. She was then transported to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and preliminarily charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
"At this point in time it's been determined to be a handgun," Sgt. Hill said. "It has not been released the information on the actual caliber. There was a weapon that was located but there is also weapons within the residence there other than the weapon believed to be used int his actual shooting itself."
http://www.wndu.com/news/indiana/headlines/Shooting-investigation-underway-in-Akron-two-people-hospitalized-362737151.html
Man who fatally shot son during home invasion to be sentenced next year
HALIFAX, NS --(12-17-15) A man who accidentally shot and killed his son during a home invasion in the Halifax area will be sentenced next year.
Sentencing arguments were made today in the case of 56-year-old Michael Paul Dockrill of Lakeside, convicted in April of criminal negligence causing death for shooting his son Jason.
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court heard that Dockrill inadvertently shot his son during a break-in at his home on St. Margarets Bay Road on June 12, 2011.
Defence lawyer Brian Church argued that the mandatory minimum sentence of four years for gun crimes is unconstitutional in this case because it would be a cruel and unusual punishment.
Church says Dockrill should be given a suspended sentence with probation.
But Crown lawyer Tanya Carter argued Dockrill should receive a sentence of five to seven years because although Dockrill did not intend to shoot his son, he did intend to shoot someone -- the intruder.
Carter says a loaded weapon was mishandled and the mandatory minimum sentence sends a message that care needs to be taken when using a firearm.
Judge Josh Arnold will deliver his sentence on Feb. 26.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/man-who-fatally-shot-son-during-home-invasion-to-be-sentenced-next-year-1.2704526
Deputies: Dade City man accidentally shot, killed friend in SUV
DADE CITY -- (12-17-15) A Dade City man is behind bars after a Lacooche man's body was found in a crashed SUV Wednesday night.
Deputies received a call about a vehicle crash in the area of 21st Street and Powerline Road at 10:52 p.m.
When deputies arrived, they found the body of Casey Bailey, 24, of Lacoochee, in the 1999 red Ford Explorer. He had been shot in the chest and back.
On Thursday, deputies said they had arrested Raul Castro, 23, in connection with his death. Detectives said he admitted to accidentally shooting Bailey, who was a friend of his.
According to the arrest affidavit, the owner of the SUV said he and another man had gone to Bailey's house to pick up Bailey and Castro. They were driving on 14th Street when they heard a loud gunshot from the passenger seats, then heard Bailey gasping for breath.
The SUV's owner said Castro then jumped over the console into the driver's seat and started trying to drive away from the scene. Eventually Castro stopped the SUV and the two other men got out. Deputies said the witness said they told Castro to get medical attention for Bailey, but he ignored their requests.
The witness reportedly told detectives that Castro had been known to carry a firearm and that he had seen him be "careless" with the weapon.
Detectives interviewed Castro and said he admitted to accidentally shooting Bailey, as he believed the gun, which had been given to him earlier in the day, was unloaded. Castro said he racked the slide of the gun and pulled the trigger, then shot Bailey through the front passenger seat.
Castro then said that he was trying to drive to a hospital when he crashed the SUV on 21st Street, and then ran from the scene after the crash.
Detectives are now investigating whether a gun found along the road near the site of the incident is the gun used in the shooting.
Castro is facing charges of manslaughter and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2015/12/17/lacoochee_man_s_body.html
Police: Detroit mom dies after accidentally shot by son
Detroit, Mi. (12-17-15) Detroit police said a mother died after she was accidentally shot by her son Thursday night on the city’s west side.
The son, who is in his 20s, had been arguing with his father around 10 p.m. at a home on Ferguson, according to Sgt. Cassandra Lewis, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Police Department.
During the confrontation, a gun fell out of the father’s waistband, she said. The mother was trying to intervene when the son grabbed the gun, which discharged and struck her, Lewis said.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her son was taken into custody, Lewis said. Authorities did not release additional details Thursday night.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/12/17/police-detroit-mom-dies-accidentally-shot-son/77533656/
Woman shot 'accidentally' in North York: police
North York, Ont. (12-17-15) A woman has been sent to hospital after she was shot two times in North York, police say.
According to police, they received the call around 10:30 p.m., in the Sheppard Avenue East and Provost Drive area, after receiving reports of a shooting.
The woman was transferred to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The shooting was initially reported as an attempted robbery, but police later said she'd been shot while attending a party. Someone was showing her the gun and accidentally shot her, Const. Victor Kwong said Friday.
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/woman-shot-accidentally-in-north-york-police-1.2705408
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