DeKalb County, Ga (1-30-16) A teenager died in an apparent accidental shooting Saturday morning in DeKalb County, Channel 2 Action News reported.
The 17-year-old boy was shot in the face and killed, police told the station.
The 16-year-old who was holding the gun was charged with involuntary manslaughter.
A group of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 was playing with the gun inside an apartment complex on Meadowglen Village Lane when it went off just after midnight, police told Channel 2. Family members told the station that all the teens were friends or cousins.
Relatives of the 16-year-old charged in the shooting told Channel 2 the teen ran home saying he had shot someone and was driven back to the scene. Detectives are looking into how the gun went off and where the teens got it.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-law/teenager-killed-in-accidental-shooting-at-dekalb-a/nqF7Y/
Accidental Shooting In Germantown
Washington County, Wi (1-30-16) Washington County Sheriff's officials say a 19-year-old Germantown man shot himself in the left hand while cleaning his gun Friday evening. The Sheriff's office was notified by Menomonee Falls Police who were with the teen at Community Memorial Hospital. The teen told deputies and detectives he was home alone in his apartment above a business in the Town of Germantown cleaning his gun. While putting the gun back together it went off and the round struck him in the hand. The bullet did not penetrate the apartment or cause damage to the business below. Officials say the discharge was accidental and the man will not be facing criminal charges.
http://www.kfiz.com/local-news/accidental-shooting-in-germantown
Four-year-old fatally shot himself in Southwest Baltimore
Baltimore, Md. (1-30-16) A four-year-old boy fatally shot himself at a Southwest Baltimore home Saturday morning, a city police spokeswoman said.
The child was taken to a local hospital where he died, spokeswoman Det. Nicole Monroe said. Police did not immediately identify the child.
Police were called to the home in the 400 block of N. Athol Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Investigators believe the incident was an accident, Monroe said, but detectives will investigate as a matter of routine.
On Saturday afternoon no relatives of the boy were at the home, a small house on a suburban-style development called Uplands. A cleanup crew finished handling the scene and left a little after 5 p.m.
http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-85742312/
Police: Officer accidentally fires gun in home, hits neighbor
CLUTE, Texas (1-30-16) - A Freeport Police officer has been taken off duty after he accidentally shot his next door neighbor, according to police.
Investigators aren't saying exactly what the officer was doing at the time that caused his gun to fire inside his apartment in the 100 block of Lakeview drive in Clute.
The incident happened at 4 a.m. Saturday, police said. The bullet apparently went through the wall of the officer's apartment and hit his neighbor in the back. The victim survived and was taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he is being treated for his injuries.
"I've got a three year old daughter and if that bullet came down...it could have hit one of my kids," said Chris Darrow, who lives just below the police officer's apartment.
Freeport Police say the officer has been on the job for one month and has been placed on leave while the department investigates the incident.
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2016/01/30/police-officer-accidentally-fires-gun-home-hits-neighbor/79596436/
17-year-old boy accidentally shoots self in leg in West Englewood
West Englewood, IL (1-30-16) A teenage boy accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after noon Saturday in the 7200 block of South Paulina in West Englewood, according to the police.
Officer Michelle Tannehill said the 17-year-old was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1290983/17-year-old-boy-accidentally-shoots-west-englewood
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