Woman dies after accidental shooting in Spokane Valley home
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -(1-18-16) Spokane County Sheriff Major Crimes detectives are investigating an accidental shooting death in Spokane Valley.
The sheriff's office reports the shooting happened at a residence in the 14100 block of East Sinto Avenue in Spokane Valley. At approximately 9:45 a.m. a man called 911 to report his wife had been shot.
Dispatchers say they could hear the husband in the background urging his wife to keep breathing. The husband, who had received medical training during his career in law enforcement, knew his wife's chest wound could be fatal so he rushed his wife to Valley Hospital's emergency room where doctors were unable to save her.
The private vehicle they arrived in was preserved as evidence, as was the couple's home
“We have to treat any incident like this as though it is criminal, because the evidence itself, we need to preserve. If we find out later that this was an accident, which is what the preliminary information is, then that's fine because we still have the evidence,” Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Mark Gregory said.
Investigators will likely examine closely the woman's new pistol, which she received as a surprise birthday present from her husband last September. In fact all of the guns inside their home will be examined to see if they've recently been fired.
The victim has not been identified by authorities. KXLY has confirmed the man is former military police officer, is a reserve deputy in another county and is involved in veterans programs in the greater Spokane area. He is cooperating with detectives and told them the shooting was accidental, though they are working to confirm this.
“The male, at this point, is cooperating with our investigation, so we are looking into this, forensics is out there along with our Major Crimes detectives and we will do a complete investigation and then once the facts are known, then we can determine what happened,” Gregory said.
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/woman-dies-after-accidental-shooting/37497694
Shot that killed St. Louis girl, 14, may have been accidental, police source says
ST. LOUIS • Jamyha Luss was at a friend’s house Sunday afternoon when two boys stopped to visit. One of them had a gun.
It’s unclear what happened next, but police say Jamyha, 14, was fatally shot in the back. Both of the boys fled the home in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood before police arrived.
St. Louis police continued their investigation on Monday, identifying as a person of interest a boy, 14, who turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon.
At this point, investigators believe the shooting was accidental, according to a police source.
Jamyha was a student at Gateway Middle School and lived most of her life with her grandmother Shirley Wright and her four siblings because her parents are incarcerated. She lived in the 5500 block of Palm Street, less than a mile from the friend’s home where she was shot.
Jamyha went over to her friend’s house on Friday to spend the weekend there, Wright said. Jamyha was close with the friend and spent a lot of time at her house. The home is near Martin Luther King Drive and Union Boulevard, in the 5300 block of Patton Avenue.
Wright said the friend told her that she had told the boys, one of whom had a gun under his shirt, that she wasn’t allowed to have company. She went upstairs to the bathroom, heard a shot and found Jamyha on the couch, Wright said.
Grief counselors and a crisis response team will be available on Tuesday at Gateway Middle School, said Patrick Wallace, spokesman for St. Louis Public Schools.
“She was really a fun person. Everybody loved her,” Wright said. “If you met her, you just automatically liked her.”
On Sunday, Marie Black, a woman who lives at the home, said the girl had spent the night there with Black’s daughter, as she often does on weekends. But Black, 47, was at work at the time of the shooting and said she didn’t know how the girl was shot.
Jamyha’s middle name is for her other grandmother, Hortense Luss. She said Jamyha liked basketball and going to the movies, and was a good student who didn’t have problems at school.
“She was just a sweet 14-year-old,” Hortense Luss said.
Last week, an Alton boy, 11, was shot and killed while waiting for a ride to basketball practice. The gunman was firing at someone else over a grudge that simmered on social media. In December, a 15-year-old boy shot a 3-year-old boy once in the chest inside his home in north St. Louis County, killing the toddler. Police have not said publicly whether that shooting was accidental or intentional.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/shot-that-killed-st-louis-girl-may-have-been-accidental/article_2381735c-329d-50fa-84e6-2e1145cbd048.html
Teen shoots himself in foot with gun he found in alley
TEMPE, AZ - (1-18-16) A 15-year-old boy was sent to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the foot.
Police in Tempe said the shooting was accidental and happened next to a Burger King near Priest Drive and Broadway Road.
The boy told police he found a gun in the alley.
He is expected to be okay.
No other information is currently available.
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/teen-shoots-himself-in-foot-with-gun-he-found-in-alley
Louisiana judge from 1980s desegregation case found shot dead
PINEVILLE, La. — A judge who made national headlines in the 1980s for defying a federal desegregation order has been found dead in his law office.
Pineville police say in a news release that the 83-year-old attorney, Richard (Dick) Lee, apparently died Friday from an accidental bullet wound, the Town Talk reported. Police say the investigation is continuing.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/la-judge-1980s-desegregation-case-found-shot-dead-article-1.2500179
Officer Recovering After Accidentally Shooting His Leg Following Chase
Sistersville, WV (1-19-16) A police officer remains in the hospital following an accidental shooting early Monday night.
It started after Sistersville Police were notified of a stolen vehicle. While on patrol, officers noticed a vehicle matching its description. When officers turned on their lights to execute a stop, the driver reportedly decided to speed away. An off duty officer met the chase on Route 2 in Paden City. After a minor collision, arresting officers were able to stop the chase.
While attempting to re-holster his weapon, one of the officers accidentally shot himself in the thigh area.
He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, but according to Chief Rob Haught he sustained a "non life-threatening" injury.
The name of the suspect is not being released at this time, but Chief Haught says more arrests are expected.
Stay with 7News and WTRF.com for more updates.
http://www.wtrf.com/story/30995238/police-officer-shot-at-paden-city-traffic-stop
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