Caroline shooting victim's family says he was bullied in school weeks before his death
Ladysmith, VA (3-24-15) The Caroline County teenager charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of another teen told police that he shot the victim and “would have kept shooting but he ran out of bullets,” according to court records.
Authorities have not released the name of the 15-year-old boy accused of the shooting Saturday evening near the entrance of the Caroline Family YMCA in Ladysmith, but a search warrant affidavit filed in Caroline Circuit Court identified him as Ahmad Goodall.
Deputies responded to the YMCA at 6:01 p.m. Saturday and found 16-year-old Elijah “Buck” Ball IV with gunshot wounds. He was transported to Mary Washington Hospital, but he did not survive.
http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/crime_courts/caroline-shooting-victim-s-family-says-he-was-bullied-in/article_506e9514-d1da-11e4-aefc-f7a16ccf1abc.html
VA 2-year-old dies from injuries in accidental shooting
LUNENBURG, VA (WWBT) - (5-27-15) A 2-year-old boy has died from injuries sustained when he accidentally shot himself at a home in Lunenburg Monday morning, according to the sheriff's office.
The boy was shot just before 9:30 a.m. at a somewhat secluded home along Doswell Town Road in Meherrin. His family was visiting from out of town for the Memorial Day holiday when he was left alone in a bedroom. Sheriffs say he reached up, grabbed a loaded handgun off a dresser and pulled the trigger, shooting himself.
He was flown to VCU Medical Center in Richmond in critical condition, but died on Wednesday morning. Officials say the family is cooperating with police and officials haven't said whether any charges will be filed.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29169833/va-2-year-old-dies-from-injuries-in-accidental-shooting
4-year-old boy dies in accidental shooting, stepfather charged
HAMPTON, Va. (7-2-15) (WAVY) – A shooting in Hampton Thursday night that took the life of a 4-year-old boy has been ruled accidental by investigators.
According to a news release from Hampton Police, 4-year-old Chris L. Palmer got hold of a loaded gun inside a home on Chamberlain Avenue around 9:30 p.m. and accidentally shot himself. Police say the gun was in a bedroom.
“I was taking out the trash and I heard something. I heard screaming and banging and I just ran in the house and locked the doors.” Neighbor Diamond Johnson said.
Witness said the stepfather ran out of the house and immediately started yelling for help.
“I heard someone calling for help. ” Neighbor Alizia Babillo said. “That’s when it was realized something serious.”
Medics took the child to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
“When she told me that he shot himself, I just broke down in tears. I just fell to the ground.” Cousin Quinyana Williams said. “I am in shock, I’m sad, I’m confused.”
Investigators say two adults were inside the home with the boy when the shooting happened. Police charged the boys stepfather, 26-year-old Lashawn D. Stephenson of Hampton with felony child neglect.
Lashawn was taken to the Hampton City Jail. He has since bonded out.
http://wavy.com/2015/07/02/boy-shot-on-chamberlain-avenue/
Child neglect charges dropped against man in Hopewell child shooting case
HOPEWELL — (7-22-15) Felony child neglect charges were withdrawn Wednesday against the former boyfriend of a Hopewell woman whose toddler found her loaded gun in her purse and fired it, accidentally striking and wounding his twin brother.
In asking the court to withdraw the charges, Hopewell Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Elbert Mumphrey said the mother, Reashonda Jones, who also is charged, told police she had purchased a small-caliber handgun for protection and her boyfriend, Lewis Jones, was unaware she possessed it.
She further advised she had placed the loaded gun in her purse and placed the purse on the floor of a closet inside her apartment in the 200 block of South Eighth Street in the Thomas Rolfe Court housing complex, Mumphrey said.
Reashonda Jones told police that after she had briefly stepped outside on the morning of June 9, 2014, one of her 3-year-old twin boys discovered the gun and at some point it discharged, striking the other child in the buttocks, Mumphrey told the court.
The toddler who fired the pistol suffered an injury to his finger, apparently from a bullet grazing his finger or from his finger getting caught in the slide of the pistol, police said.
Hopewell authorities received a call at 10:19 a.m. that three shots had been fired in an apparent drive-by shooting and a 3-year-old boy had been hit at the house complex’s playground.
But investigators couldn’t find any neighbors who heard the gunfire outside, and the children’s mother lied to police about the circumstances. “It actually happened inside the apartment,” Mumphrey said.
After the shooting, Lewis Jones, who Mumphrey said wasn’t present at the time of the shooting, took the wounded boy to another residence, and then to the hospital, before police arrived.
Officers caught up with Lewis Jones at the hospital, and he falsely identified himself to police, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Geneva Gnam told the court. Investigators then obtained search warrants for Reashonda Jones’ apartment and the car her boyfriend drove to the hospital.
Investigators found marijuana and several other drugs, including hydrocodone, a semi-synthetic opiate, and Ethylone, a recreational designer drug, Gnam said.
Lewis Jones pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing false identification to police, felony possession of Ethylone and misdemeanor possession of marijuana and hydrocodone.
Hopewell Circuit Court Judge Nathan Lee convicted Lewis Jones and sentenced him to five years in prison with four years and nine months suspended on the felony drug count, and to 12 months each on the three misdemeanor offenses, with all time suspended.
Because Jones had already been incarcerated for about nine months, the judge gave him credit for time served and he was released.
Reashonda Jones, who also is charged with two counts of felony child neglect, four drug offenses, filing a false report to police and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, is still awaiting trial.
Gnam said the child who was shot has recovered from his wounds and suffers no permanent injury.
http://www.richmond.com/news/local/central-virginia/article_29af1049-cdc4-51ec-88e9-0e2186f84ff1.html
No charges filed in accidental shooting of child in Virginia
HANOVER, Va. (AP) (7-29-15) – Police in Hanover County say no charges will be filed in the accidental shooting of a 7-year-old girl by her 5-year-old brother.
The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that the shooting occurred Saturday while the children were with a family visiting a home for sale in Beaverdam.
The release says the children had followed a cat into a bedroom, and one of them followed the cat under a bed where a handgun was stored.
The Sheriff’s Office says the boy had the gun and shot his sister in the leg. The victim’s injuries weren’t serious.
The Sheriff’s Office conferred with the county commonwealth’s attorney and determined no criminal charges would be filed.
http://wsls.com/2015/07/29/no-charges-filed-in-accidental-shooting-of-child-in-virginia/
3-year-old Franklin County gunshot victim identified
Hardy, VA (8-25-15) A 32-year-old man has been charged after his 3-year-old son died of a gunshot wound at his home in Hardy on Sunday, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
Police were dispatched to Heatherton Lane at 10:52 a.m. Sunday after they received reports of an unconscious child. An official with the medical examiner’s office later determined that the child died after he was shot with a small-caliber bullet.
Jeremiah Keith Neiderhiser was arrested Monday and charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse or neglect, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. He is being held in the Western Virginia Regional Jail on a $250,000 bond.
The mother of the victim, Andrea Hurst, identified the boy as Isaiah Charles Neiderhiser. She said in an email he “was the most amazing child who could brighten anyone’s day with a smile.”
Lt. Phillip Young declined to say whether a gun was recovered at the residence. It’s not clear how the child was shot. Young said in an email that detectives hope “the investigation will tell us more about the circumstances of the shooting.”
A juvenile female also lives at the home, Young said. She was not injured.
Heatherton Lane is a private gravel road off Virginia 678 (Farmington Road). Two of the three homes on the street are obscured by trees lining the road.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/franklin_county/year-old-franklin-county-gunshot-victim-identified/article_71564d89-0150-5ea7-a976-88921c3797bc.html
9-year-old VA. girl shot with BB gun on school bus (10-7-15)
http://wjla.com/news/local/9-year-old-girl-shot-with-a-bb-gun-on-school-bus
Kanawha County woman accidentally shot by young boy
CEDAR GROVE, W.Va. (10-16-15) — A woman was accidentally shot in the leg Friday afternoon by a two-year-old boy in Cedar Grove.
It happened in the 200 block of William Street when a man opened the family gun cabinet. The child got ahold of a pistol and fired the gun, hitting 53-year-old Pamela Gibson in the leg.
The bullet entered her leg and exited through her hip. She was immediately transported to CAMC and underwent surgery. She was still receiving treatment Friday evening.
Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies are still investigating the incident. The boy’s name will not be released due to privacy issues.
http://wvmetronews.com/2015/10/16/kanawha-county-woman-accidentally-shot-by-young-boy/
Police: Fatal Chesterfield shooting investigated as accident
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) (10-27-15) — Police say the fatal shooting of a Chesterfield County man is being investigated as an accident.
Chesterfield County police tell media outlets that foul play isn’t suspected.
Police say the victim was traveling with his four children when his vehicle veered off the road and crashed in woods on Saturday. Officers responding to the accident discovered that the man had been shot. He died on Sunday at a local hospital.
The man’s father-in-law, the Rev. Nathan Boehm, identified him as 32-year-old Nick Clavier.
Boehm tells media outlets that Clavier was taking his children on a fishing trip when the accident occurred. He says Clavier had a gun and a concealed weapon permit.
The children, ages 9, 8, 6 and 4 weren’t injured.
http://wtop.com/virginia/2015/10/police-fatal-chesterfield-shooting-investigated-as-accident/
Teen killed in Mathews Co. hunting accident
Mathews County, Va. (11-20-15) – A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed during a hunting incident in Mathews County on Thursday evening.
According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the boy was hunting on private property when he was shot.
The incident occurred when a 17-year-old who was also hunting, fired his 12-gauge shotgun at a running deer. The 13-year-old stood up in the path of the shooter and was hit.
Mathews Rescue Squad responded to the scene and the boy was transported to Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester where he was pronounced deceased.
The incident remains under investigation at this time.
The VDGIF says there is no evidence that the victim was wearing any required blaze orange clothing.
More details will be posted as they become available.
http://wtkr.com/2015/11/20/teen-killed-in-mathews-co-hunting-accident/
UPDATED: Child flown to the hospital after accidental shooting in Montgomery County
Elliston, VA - (11-26-15) A lieutenant with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says the shooting happened a little after 3:00 Thursday afternoon.
A 13-year-old boy had been shot by accident and was wounded in upper torso.
Deputies say he was alert when they arrived at the scene .
He was flown the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
No names have been released and no charges have been filed.
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/child-flown-to-the-hospital-after-accidental-shooting-in-montgomery-county/36673580
Norfolk dad in jail after 4-year-old son accidentally shoots self
NORFOLK, VA (WWBT/WAVY) - (12-28-15) A Norfolk father is in jail after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself with a gun on Dec. 26.
Bradley J. Shines is also facing felony charges of child neglect and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to WAVY.
Officers were dispatched to Shines' home just after 11 a.m. on Dec. 26 for a report that a child had been shot. When they arrived on scene, they found a 4-year-old boy with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was rushed to the hospital, where he is expected to recover.
Shines told detectives that his son found his gun in his bedroom and accidentally shot himself, according to WAVY.
He is now being held at Norfolk City Jail without bond.
http://www.kplctv.com/story/30842240/norfolk-dad-in-jail-after-4-year-old-son-accidentally-shoots-self
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