Clarksville, In (2-3-16) One person has been injured after accidentally shooting himself or herself in the foot while at the Bass Pro Shops in Clarksville, police say.
The shooting happened just after 3 p.m. ET when police and EMS were called to a shooting at the Bass Pro Shop, which is located on East Lewis * Clark Parkway. The outdoor sports chain, which also sells weapons, is located just off Interstate 65 in Clarksville.
Police said someone had apparently shot themselves in the foot while at the store, but specific details about the circumstances of the shooting were not immediately available. The condition of the victim is unknown.
Bass Pro Shops remains open despite Wednesday's incident.
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3549
Shooting leads to arrest of Hoke County man
Raeford, NC (2-3-16) A Raeford man was arrested Tuesday after a gun he was handling discharged, hitting another man in the hand, the Hoke County Sheriff's Office said.
Jeremiah Adam Baker, 40, of the 100 block of Lasso Lane, was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, a Sheriff's Office release said.
The incident, reported at 11:51 a.m., happened at a mobile home on the 500 block of Rockfish Road, according to the release.
Deputies responded to a reported shooting and found that Baker was handling the weapon when it discharged, hitting the unidentified man's hand, shooting his thumb off, Sheriff Hubert Peterkin said.
The man was taken to an unidentified hospital for treatment, Peterkin said.
An investigation confirmed the shooting was unintentional, the release said.
However, Baker was charged with felon in possession of a firearm, the release said. Bail was set at $15,000.
In March, Baker was sentenced in Hoke County to 36 months of supervised probation on two felony drug-related charges dating to 2011, according to N.C. Department of Public Safety records.
He also had felony drug convictions dating to 2003, records show. - Nancy McCleary
http://www.fayobserver.com/news/crime_courts/accidental-shooting-leads-to-arrest-of-hoke-county-man/article_c3e57377-c791-53f7-8bd8-1ee2aa7d7c63.html
Man accused of accidentally firing gun while drunk, wounding child (through wall)
South St. Louis, Mo, (2-4-16) A man, 29, is facing charged for allegedly accidentally shooting a 7-year-old boy while drunk.
Jeffery Eckstein is charged with second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon.
The boy was injured after a gun accidentally discharged in a south St. Louis apartment Tuesday night, according to police.
The 7-year-old was asleep on the couch in a second floor apartment on South Grand.
Police say Eckstein suspect in the case lived downstairs. He had a gun. It went off and the bullet went through the floor of the upstairs apartment.
The boy and his 9-year-old brother were sleeping on this couch when the shot rang out. The bullet came through the floor and the couch cushion and struck the boy in the hip.
“I said that was a gunshot,” Brenda Shepard-Bennett said. “Couldn't believe it, but I knew what it was.”
Shepard-Bennett lives in the apartment and says the boy who was shot is the younger brother of her daughter's boyfriend. She says the bullet shattered his hip.
“He woke up howling, ‘Ah… Ah,’ and I said he been shot,” Shpeard-Bennett said. “Y'all think he fell, he didn't' fall that was a gunshot.”
Shepard-Bennett says the suspect in the case had only moved in downstairs last week. The building owner says he had told her that he was a vet who needed a place to stay.
But there were some red flags and Nancy Kreis says a family member was already starting to check into the suspect's background.
“I do know he misrepresented some things about his service in the army,” Kreis said. “He said he was a vet, a ranger and deployed four times, don't know if any of that's true, don't think it is.”
“If he is under the influence, what is the difference between him operating a vehicle and operating a gun,” Kreis said. “You shouldn't even have a gun in your presence if you know you under the influence and you might make a mistake, there's people up there, could be me or my husband and it happened to be a little boy.”
She says that the boy who was shot will have to have extensive surgery and could be in a wheelchair for up to two months.
The boy was conscious and breathing when he was taken to a hospital. He was listed in stable condition Wednesday morning.
Eckstein is being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond.
http://www.kmov.com/story/31124752/boy-7-accidentally-shot-in-south-st-louis-city
UPDATE: Boy allegedly shoots teen, mother and brother alter the crime scene
Melville, La (2-3-16) A 12-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed 15-year-old Tra'von Edwards on Saturday and then contacted his mother who allegedly altered the crime scene before calling police, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by our investigative team.
Twanda Louray Washington, 33, was arrested for obstruction of justice and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile Tuesday. Her 12-year-old son was arrested for negligent homicide, along with his 15-year-old brother, who was arrested for obstruction of justice.
The 12-year-old boy told St. Landry Parish deputies on Tuesday that he accidentally shot Edwards. He said he contacted Washington, who arrived to confirm that Edwards was dead. She and two of her sons allegedly altered the scene where the body was located, according to the arrest affidavit.
Washington was the person who reported Edwards' body to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office on Saturday. She told officers that she found the body after an extensive search for Edwards, after she learned that he never came home from school. Deputies questioned her story after anonymous sources and the victim's family said she had something to do with the death.
Deputies originally could not determine Edwards' cause of death because there were not any obvious signs of injury, according to the affidavit. After an autopsy, they learned that Edwards was shot once in the upper hip area with a .22 caliber rifle.
Washington remains in the St. Landry Parish Jail on a $30,000 bond.
http://www.katc.com/story/31117238/coroner-melville-teen-shot-once-deputies-search-home-after-death-ruled-a-homicide
Man shoots self in thigh during confrontation in Tenderloin early Tuesday
SAN FRANCISCO (2-3-16) — A man accidentally shot himself in the thigh during a confrontation with two other people in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood early Tuesday morning, police said.
The shooting was reported around 2:15 a.m. in the area of O’Farrell and Taylor streets.
The victim, described as being in his late teens or early 20s, pulled out a gun during the confrontation with the two males and shot at the ground, suffering a gunshot wound to his own right thigh as a result, according to police.
He was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries, which are not considered life-threatening, police said.
No information about the other two males in the confrontation was immediately available from police.
http://kron4.com/2016/02/03/man-shoots-self-in-thigh-during-confrontation-in-tenderloin-early-tuesday/
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