ALTUS, OK (KSWO) – (1-1-16) Altus police say a man died in an accidental shooting Friday afternoon.
Police were called to a home on the 1200 block of West Wingfield at 12:38 p.m. Friday and found a 62-year-old man under the home’s carport. The man was taken to Jackson County Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead.
Investigators believe the man was trying to secure the family dog to a chain when the gun he had fell and discharged. He was shot in the upper right thigh.
Family at the home told police the heard the gunshot, went outside and found the man lying on the ground.
Foul play is not suspected at this time. His body was taken to the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.
York County Sheriff’s respond to accidental shooting
GRAFTON, Va. (WAVY) – Police are currently investigating an accidental shooting that occurred in the 800 block of Piccadilly Loop near the George Washington Square Shopping Center Friday afternoon.
The victim was taken to the hospital and is currently being treated for injuries. It is unknown if they were life-threatening.
Police say that the shooting is considered accidental, but it is still currently under investigation.
Stay tuned to WAVY.com for updates.
http://wavy.com/2016/01/01/york-county-sheriffs-respond-to-accidental-shooting/
Police: 22-year-old man shot & injured near 21st and Locust
MILWAUKEE —(12-31-15) Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting that occurred near 21st and Locust on Thursday evening, December 31st.
It happened around 5:30 p.m.
Police say a 22-year-old man was shot and hurt in this incident. It is believed he will survive.
No one is in custody.
There is no word on a motive for this shooting at this time.
Monitor FOX6 News and FOX6Now.com for updates on this developing story.
http://fox6now.com/2015/12/31/police-22-year-old-man-shot-injured-near-21st-and-locust/
Gaffney Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Self On New Years Eve
Gaffney, SC, (1-1-16) A Gaffney man was killed when he accidentally shot himself at his home on New Years Eve, according to the coroner.
Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler says that witnesses reported 20-year-old Tezlar Wayne Ross and three others were looking at a .380 handgun at around 6:30pm when Ross took the magazine out of the gun and placed it to his head joking with the others when the gun discharged.
Ross died at the scene and his death is still under investigation.
http://wspa.com/2016/01/01/gaffney-man-accidentally-shoots-self-on-new-years-eve/
Man shot, leaving New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Mobile
MOBILE, AL (WALA) - (1-1-16) On Friday, January 1, 2016 at approximately 12:46 a.m. Mobile police officers responded to a report of a one shot in Bienville Square.
The victim told officers they were leaving the concert when they heard a gunshot. The 46-year-old man had a gunshot wound to his leg; he was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The victim's injury was non-life threatening.
Detectives are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 208-7211 or 208-7000 CrimeStoppers.
http://www.kptv.com/story/30868552/man-shot-leaving-new-years-eve-celebration-in-downtown-mobile
Man firing gun to celebrate New Year's accidentally shoots woman
KENNER, La. - (1-1-160 A Kenner man firing a gun toward an empty lot in celebration of New Year's, had one of the bullets ricochet off of a metal pole and strike a woman who was getting out of a nearby car, according to police.
The victim was taken to University Hospital, treated and released.
Brandon Smith, 26, was arrested and booked with aggravated battery, negligent injury and illegal discharge of a firearm.
Police said they responded to a call of a woman shot and learned that Smith had been standing on the second floor of a balcony at his apartment complex and that he fired several shots into an empty lot.
"As a result of his negligent behavior, one of the rounds ricocheted off a metal pole and struck a 40-year-old woman in the abdominal area as she exited a vehicle," said a police spokesman.
Kenner Police said they obtained a search warrant and found a .38 caliber handgun hidden in a vent inside of the apartment where Smith was staying. Police said Smith admitted to firing the gun in celebration.
http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/jefferson/2016/01/01/man-firing-gun-celebrate-new-years-accidentally-shoots-woman/78182532/
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