フロリダ州在住の36歳の男が、管理が不十分だった拳銃を幼い息子が持ち出し、誤って別の子供を撃った事件について、過失致傷の容疑で無罪を主張した。
事件は3月25日、パルメットの57番ストリート・イーストにある住宅で発生した。通報を受けて駆けつけた保安官代理らが、胸部上部に銃創を負った5歳の被害者を発見した。弾丸は少年の体を貫通し、鎖骨と肺を損傷させて外部へ抜けていた。少年は5日間にわたる挿管治療を受け、現在も入院して重傷からの回復を続けている。
A 6-year-old boy in Nashville shot himself in the head with a .380 caliber pistol from his father's pocket, authorities said. The father, Steven Lamont Phillips, faces criminal homicide charges after the child died in hospital. Phillips had found the gun while doing yard work and carried it inside.
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A 33-year-old Miami man has been arrested on multiple charges including attempted murder following an alleged domestic incident at his apartment. Erick LaPlante faces accusations of placing a gun in his girlfriend's mouth and firing a shot near her during a confrontation on Tuesday.
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.
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A 21-year-old man was charged with reckless conduct after his unsecured pistol discharged inside a Valdosta, Georgia, Walmart on June 9, injuring a 34-year-old mother in both ankles.