Baton Rouge, La (2-18-16) Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Thursday after he was accused of accidentally shooting his niece in the head and sending her to the hospital, where she remained in critical condition late Thursday.
The Broadmoor High junior was rushed to the hospital from her Brady Street house after another relative heard the gunshot and found her lying on the kitchen floor.
Baton Rouge police were called out about 5 p.m. to the house in the 3800 block of Brady Street, which backs up to Dalton Elementary.
Howard Calhoun, who is a brother-in-law to the shooter and an uncle to the victim, said his niece was in a coma at the hospital.
Sitting among a cluster of family members on the porch of their neighbor’s house Thursday evening, Calhoun recounted what happened.
“I was in my room, and I heard a shot,” Calhoun said. “I came in when he came out. He said, ‘I shot my niece! I shot my niece!’ I looked in the kitchen, and she was laying on the floor.”
Calhoun said his brother-in-law was visiting the family that day and was alone in the kitchen with his niece when the shooting took place.
Calhoun said he had warned his brother-in-law not to bring a gun around and that no one knew he had brought one to the house until they heard the gunshot.
“I’ve gotten onto him before about playing with guns because I’ve got too many kids running around here,” Calhoun said.
Police arrested the shooter, whose identity was not released, later that evening after detectives concluded the teenager had accidentally shot the girl while he was playing with a gun, according to a Baton Rouge Police Department news release.
Police don’t know how the shooter obtained the gun, the release says.
Calhoun said his brother-in-law would not have shot his niece on purpose.
Next-door neighbor Jimmy Jackson said he heard the gunshot while he was sitting in his truck getting ready to leave his house. “A guy ran through there,” Jackson said, pointing toward his yard, “and up the street.”
He got out to ask the family what had happened, and they told him the girl had been shot, Jackson said.
Jackson, who had moved to his house two months ago, said he watched EMS personnel carry the girl out on a stretcher.
http://theadvocate.com/news/police/14919726-123/baton-rouge-police-are-investigating-a-shooting-on-brady-street-about-two-blocks-from-dalton-element
Retired firefighter injured in accidental shooting
West Palm Beach, fl (2-18-16) A CLOSE FRIEND SAYS HE WAS CLEANING HIS PERSONAL GUN AT HOME WHEN IT FELL AND ACCIDENTALLY FIRED. THIS HAPPENED AT PHILLIPS HOME IN THE 14000 BLOCK OF 69TH DRIVE NORTH IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTRY ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. PHILLIPS SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE STOMACH. HE WAS AIRLIFTED THE HOSPITAL. PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S HOURS.
http://www.wpbf.com/news/retired-firefighter-injured-in-accidental-shooting/38067796
A Wasilla man was wounded Wednesday in an accidental shooting
Wasilla, Ak (2-18-16) — Alaska State Troopers say a Wasilla man was wounded Wednesday in an accidental shooting.
Troopers took a call just after 8:30 a.m. that the man had been shot at a home.
Troopers say the man had manipulated a handgun while intoxicated and had shot himself in the leg.
He suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and was transported to a hospital.
Troopers forwarded the case to prosecutors for a possible weapons misconduct charge.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f4b6a36e8ebc44b5be172c6f072ba12a/AK--Accidental-Shooting
Call of Accidental Shooting ends in Arrest for Malicious Assault
Wood County, W Va (2-18-16) Officers were dispatched to 608 Pike Street, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV in reference to a female “accidentally” being shot in the foot. Upon their arrival officers spoke to the victim, Megan Wise, 28, of Parkersburg. After several inconsistencies were revealed, Megan advised that her husband, Phillip Harvey Wise, 33, had allegedly shaved her head, shot her with a small crossbow multiple times in the back and legs, and shot her with a .22 caliber rifle in the right foot. Megan Wise was taken to CCMC for non-life threatening injuries.
Parkersburg Police Officers and Detectives then attempted to make contact with the suspect, Phillip Wise, by phone and in person. The suspect attempted to flee from Officers, but was subsequently taken into custody in the wooded area behind the house. Mr. Wise was taken to CCMC for medical clearance and has since then been charged with Malicious Assault. He was arraigned in Wood County Magistrate Court and failed to post his $300,000 bond. Wise remains incarcerated at the North Central Regional Jail. The investigation is ongoing and more charges are possible.
http://pkbpolice.com/wp/call-of-accidental-shooting-ends-in-arrest-for-malicious-assault/
Lawyer says North Royalton man accidentally shot girlfriend (LIED)
Parma, Ohio (2-19-16) — The lawyer representing a North Royalton man said her client accidentally shot and killed his 19-year-old girlfriend while playing with a gun.
Jeffrey Greiner, 25, made his first court appearance Thursday in Parma Municipal Court. He is charged with murder in the death of Christal Shaver.
Members of Shaver's family held pictures of her during the hearing. Phyllis Shaver, the victim's mother, sobbed and hugged Christal's favorite stuffed animal.
"This is a tragic accident," court-appointed attorney Kelly Zacharias said. "[Greiner] was unfortunately playing around with a gun, and he didn't realize that the clip was there."
Judge Deanna O'Donnell set a $250,000 bond. Greiner faces 15 years to life in prison if convicted, the judge said.
Police responded to a 911 call about a woman shot Tuesday at Greiner's Cove Drive condominium.
Greiner told a 911 dispatcher that someone had fired the fatal shot through an open sliding glass door, and the suspect drove away in a silver four-door Sedan.
First responders found Shaver with a single gunshot wound in her throat. She was taken to Southwest General Hospital in Middleburg Heights where she was pronounced dead.
http://www.cleveland.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/02/north_royalton_man_was_playing.html#incart_river_index
Tiana Brown fatally shot in Auburn Gresham, but police say shooting appeared to be accidental
Chicago, Il (2-18-16) Twenty-year-old Tiana Brown was fatally shot Wednesday night in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood, but police say the gun may have “accidentally discharged.”
She was in the 7800 block of South Honore about 10 p.m. A man was showing her a weapon that “accidentally discharged,” according to Chicago Police. Brown was struck in the head, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Brown, of the 10200 block of Camden Lane in Bridgeview, was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:50 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
Police said the shooting appeared to be an accident, though an autopsy Thursday ruled Brown’s death a homicide.
No one was in custody as of Thursday afternoon, police said.
http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/02/18/tiana-brown-fatally-shot-in-auburn-gresham-but-police-say-shooting-appeared-to-be-accidental/
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