4-year-old finds loaded gun, fires shot
St. Petersburg, Fl (2-14-16) - It was a close call for one Bay area family Sunday evening when a 4-year-old boy found a loaded gun under his home and accidentally fired a shot.
St. Petersburg police say they received a call about the incident at 5:15 p.m., and arrived to the home in the 1700 block of Yale Street South shortly after.
Detectives say the boy had been outside playing with a cat, and happened to find the gun when he followed the cat into the crawl space under the home.
He then took the loaded gun onto the porch and fired one round into the ground. Luckily, no one was hurt.
The boy's grandmother and mother called police, then explained that the gun did not belong to them.
Police say it's unclear how the loaded, unregistered revolver ended up under the family's home, but it's believed that someone may have discarded it or hidden it there.
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/91483211-story
11-year-old girl shot in Knightdale
Knightdale, N.C. (2-14-16) – An 11-year-old girl was shot at a home in Knightdale Sunday afternoon, Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said.
The incident happened just before 12:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Colchester Drive.
Harrison said investigators are still working to gather more information and are unsure of the circumstances of the shooting at this time. Harrison said it doesn’t appear there was a criminal element to the shooting, but he wasn’t able to confirm that it was accidental.
According to the sheriff, investigators and the girl’s family are headed to WakeMed where the girl was taken.
The child was alive when she was transported to the hospital, but her condition is not currently known.
http://wncn.com/2016/02/14/11-year-old-girl-shot-in-knightdale/
Man tells BCPD fatal shooting was accidental
Battle creek, Mi (2-14-16) — Battle Creek police are investigating after a man said he accidentally shot his girlfriend, killing her.
It happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday at a residence on Highway Street between Cliff Street and Lathrop Avenue. The Battle Creek Police Department says one shot was fired, resulting in the death of a 24-year-old woman.
BCPD says the woman and her 25-year-old boyfriend were in an upstairs bedroom of the home they shared when the shooting happened. The boyfriend told police that he was cleaning his handgun when it accidentally fired.
The woman was shot once in the side of her abdomen. 911 was called quickly, BCPD said, but the woman died on the scene.
The gun in question, a .45-caliber, is registered to the boyfriend. Police said there does not seem to be any history of domestic violence involving the pair. The boyfriend is cooperating with the investigation.
The woman’s name was not released Sunday.
There is no word yet on whether the boyfriend could face charges or what those charges would be
http://woodtv.com/2016/02/14/bcpd-woman-dies-of-gunshot-wound/
Shooter shoots himself with accidental shot
Omaha, NE. (2-14-16) - Jaytion Mays, 18, is recovering from a gunshot wound. Police say Mays fired the shot. His friend provided the gun.
Police got word of the shooting around 7:30 Saturday night.
It happened at a home near 25th and Hartman Avenue but a family member drove Mays to Immanuel Hospital for treatment before authorities were notified.
Mays told officers that he was at the Hartman address when a friend of his showed up with a gun. He said he was handling the weapon and it discharged.
Police say the injury is not life-threatening.
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Shooter-shoots-himself-with-accidental-shot-368772901.html
(Feb 11th shooting)
Arrest made in Thursday shooting
Elizabethtown NC (2-14-16) — Bladen County Sheriff James A. McVicker said an arrest was made in the death of Crystal Lynn McLamb who had been reported shot early Thursday morning.
Arrested was Kelly Dwayne Hamilton, 44, of 18 Ruby Kidd Road, Bladenboro. Hamilton was charged with murder and is currently in Bladen County Jail under no bond pending a first appearance hearing in District court in Elizabethtown on Monday, February 15th.
The Bladen 911 center received a call at 3:02 am Thursday morning (February 11, 2016). The call originated from 18 Ruby Kidd Road, off Singletary Mill Pond Road near Bladenboro.
The caller, who identified himself as Kelly Dwayne Hamilton, 44, reported that his friend, Crystal Lynn McLamb, 44, of 651 Belvedere Ave., Tar Heel, NC had accidentally shot herself. Hamilton said the two had been watching a movie and McLamb went to move a weapon that was loaded and lying on a coffee table. He said when she did the gun went off striking her fatally.
Responding officers found McLamb on the couch in the living room. McLamb was pronounced dead at the scene. Bladen County Coroner Hubert Kinlaw requested an autopsy which was performed Friday morning, February 12th at the Chief Medical Examiner’s office in Raleigh.
“After further investigation in this case we have determined the physical evidence at the scene was not consistent with the account given by Mr. Hamilton,” said McVicker. “Based on our investigation we have charged Hamilton with the murder of Ms. McLamb.”
McVicker declined to comment on the motive in the shooting.
http://bladenjournal.com/news/crime/4221/arrest-made-in-thursday-shooting
(Jan 21st shooting)
Man charged with reckless homicide for death of girlfriend
Memphis, Tn (-14-16) — Police arrested Donald Dodds, 35, Saturday night on a reckless homicide charge following the death of his girlfriend, Rachel Pool.
Pool was shot Jan. 21 and died at the hospital the next day.
Dodds first told police Pool accidentally shot herself, but he later said he tried to take the gun from her, and it went off.
Dodds is being held on a $200,000 bond.
http://wreg.com/2016/02/14/man-charged-with-reckless-homicide-for-death-of-girlfriend/
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