An 18-year-old Indiana man faces four felony charges in the death of a 10-year-old girl who was shot with a gun he had brought to her home.
Jacob Olvera was charged as an adult with criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon, dangerous possession of a firearm by a child, and two counts of possession of a machine gun. The charges stem from the Feb. 7 shooting of Sophia Burks in Mishawaka, Indiana, where she died of a gunshot wound in her sister's bedroom.
A 10-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder after fatally shooting a 7-month-old baby in St. Louis. The infant's father faces multiple charges related to the incident.
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Nathan Stanley received a 23-year prison sentence on Friday after pleading guilty to neglect of a dependent in the 2025 death of his 4-year-old son Charlie. The boy was killed when he grabbed an unsecured handgun from a bedside table. His mother faces a separate trial next month on related charges.
Four Georgia men received prison sentences for a 2024 drive-by shooting that killed 3-year-old Kyron Santino Zarco Smith and injured a 9-year-old in Athens. The men were targeting a rival gang member at the time.
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A 24-year-old Milwaukee woman received two years of probation after pleading guilty to child neglect charges connected to a 2024 shooting that wounded a 9-year-old girl.