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 37-year-old mother in Indianapolis faces felony neglect charges after her 7-year-old daughter accidentally shot herself with an unsecured handgun in a family car last November. Alysha Gulley was taken into custody this week, months after the incident she initially described as a drive-by shooting. The child told investigators she was searching for her mother's vape when the gun discharged.
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A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges after his 3-year-old daughter fatally shot her 1-year-old sister with a handgun left accessible in their Wichita home.
A 29-year-old man faces first-degree murder charges after allegedly shooting his estranged wife during an argument at her Wichita apartment. The victim, identified as 25-year-old Ivy Unruh, died several days after the April 17 incident.
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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.