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struggle4progress

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Fri May 25, 2012, 07:14 PM May 2012

Accidental Shooting News [View all]

Child Shot In The Face While Snake Hunting
Posted on: 10:48 pm, May 23, 2012, by Matt Kroschel, updated on: 11:59pm, May 23, 2012
An 11-year-old boy was the victim of an apparent accidental shooting in Morgan County Wednesday evening. Morgan County Sheriff officials said the accident happened Wednesday around 8:00 PM in the woods behind a home on Union Hill Road. The boys were reportedly hunting snakes with a shotgun when one of them shot the other in the face ... “One boy is fighting for his life in the hospital and the other is left to deal with the reality that he shot his best friend,” Franklin told WHNT News 19 from the scene. The investigation continues. The names of the boys have not been released. http://whnt.com/2012/05/23/child-shot-in-the-face-while-snake-hunting/

Little Rock teen killed in accidental shooting
9:45 PM, May 24, 2012
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV)- Little Rock police say a teen was accidentally shot and killed at a home on Grand Street. Police say a 14-year-old was with a 13-year-old boy, playing with a gun. Sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the gun went off and shot the 14-year-old. According to police, the 911 call didn't come in until just before 2:00 a.m. Thursday morning. At this point, police say the 13-year-old is not being charged ... Adults were allegedly in the home at the time of the shooting, but police are working to identify whom. The Department of Human Services is also involved because of the conditions of the home ... http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/211889/2/LRPD-investigating-overnight-homicide-of-teen

Teens firing rifles in Slidell woods accidentally shoot man
Updated: May 25, 2012 5:08 PM EDT
Slidell, La. Three Slidell area juveniles have been arrested and placed in the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center after they shot and injured a man outside his place of employment Thursday afternoon. So far. investigators with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office believe the shooting was accidental. The shooting happened around noon near a wooded area off Camp Villere Road in the Slidell area. Investigators say the three teens were shooting rifles in a wooded area when one of the bullets reportedly struck an employee of a nearby business who was standing outside. The man who worked at Friction Stir Link suffered a gunshot wound to his upper back. He remains at a south shore hospital, and his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Following the shooting, deputies were dispatched to the scene and immediately began canvassing the area. A witness reported to one of the deputies that he saw three juveniles carrying two rifles enter a trail into a wooded area near his home. The three juveniles were located at a home near the other end of the trail. Investigators interviewed the three boys, aged 12, 13 and 15, in the presence of their parents. All three admitted to firing a .22 caliber rifle in the direction of the business. Last night, the three boys were transported to the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center and each booked with one count of Negligent Injuring and one count of Illegal Use of Weapons ... http://www.fox8live.com/story/18627425/3

Apple Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Accidentally Shooting, Killing Friend
Derrick Wallace Dahl pleaded guilty this week after saying in December that there was not enough probable cause against him.
By Betsy Sundquist and Allison Wickler
The Apple Valley man charged with manslaughter after shooting his friend in the head with a gun he thought was unloaded pleaded guilty in Dakota County Court this week. Derrick Wallace Dahl, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter on Wednesday in the shooting death of Benjamin Allen Hanson, 22, of Welch, MN. Dahl's sentencing is scheduled for July. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom told the Pioneer Press that Dahl's sentence would be 90 days in jail, 10 years' probation and a stayed prison sentence of four years—less than guidelines stipulate. According to the criminal complaint, Burnsville police were called to a home on East Crystal Lake Road on July 23, 2011, on a report of an accidental shooting. The caller told police that the victim had been shot in the head and was unconscious, but breathing ...http://burnsville.patch.com/articles/apple-valley-man-pleads-guilty-to-accidentally-shooting-killing-friend

Chesterfield accidental shooting
2:18 PM, May 25, 2012
Chesterfield, MO (KSDK) - A man working at a Chesterfield business accidentally grazed himself Friday after the gun he brought to show off to coworkers accidentally discharged. According to Captain Steve Lewis, a spokesman for the Chesterfield Police Department, police received a call around noon for an accidental shooting in the 500 block of Trade Center Boulevard ... http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/321400/3/Chesterfield-accidental-shooting-

Victim of accidental shooting is recovering well, police report
By Karen Robinson
Published:May 25, 2012, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 25, 2012, 6:42 AM
The 18-year-old Eden man who was wounded in an accidental shooting earlier this week is doing well, according to Eden Police Lt. John H. McCarthy ... Police said the man’s 21-year-old brother accidentally discharged a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun ... http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/southern-erie/article872816.ece

Sister: Williston shooting was accidental
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:00 am
WILLISTON (AP) — The sister of a Williston man accused of killing his wife over the weekend said the shooting was accidental. Josh House, 28, is charged with felony manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the Saturday shooting death of Chantel House, 24. He posted bond Monday and was released from jail. He is due in court June 12. Josh House’s sister, Suzie House, said that the shooting was a “terrible accident” that happened when her brother was cleaning a gun and it accidentally fired. The bullet hit Chantel House and she was pronounced dead at a hospital. The couple moved from Oregon with their 2- and 6-year-old sons earlier this year for employment. They had been married for nearly seven years and were avid shooting hobbyists, Suzie House said ... http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/sister-williston-shooting-was-accidental/article_99cd61e2-a55d-11e1-92be-0019bb2963f4.html

Judge: Ohio teen to be tried as adult in school shooting that killed 3 students, hurt others
By Associated Press, Published: May 24
CHARDON, Ohio — A 17-year-old will be tried as an adult in the school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday after hearing a sheriff’s deputy describe how the teen wore a T-shirt with the word “Killer” and admitted shooting people. T.J. Lane admitted firing at students sitting at a cafeteria table at Chardon High School east of Cleveland on Feb. 27, killing three and seriously wounding two, authorities say. Lane, with his grandparents and the relatives of victims sitting apart in court, swallowed hard and blinked as Geauga County Juvenile Court Judge Timothy Grendell announced that he should be tried as an adult. Lane could face life in prison if he’s convicted. Minors are not eligible for the death penalty in Ohio. Had his case been routed to juvenile court, the maximum possible penalty would have kept him jailed until he turned 21 ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/17-year-old-could-face-trial-in-adult-court-in-ohio-school-shootings-that-killed-3-students/2012/05/24/gJQA6s3gmU_story.html

Male Shoots Himself While Looking In Trunk & Dies At Hospital
Ceramic Drive Accidental Shooting
By: Jason Mays | NBC4
Published: May 24, 2012
Updated: May 24, 2012 - 7:55 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A male accidentally shoots himself while looking for something in the trunk of his car and dies a short time later. At about 6:17 a.m. Thursday, Columbus police and EMS were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Ceramic Drive on a report of a shooting. Medics found a male shooting victim. He was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital in arrest. Doctors pronounced him dead a short time later. Officers told NBC4 the male apparently accidentally shot himself while searching in the truck of his car ... http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/may/24/4/police-man-accidentally-shot-himself-rummaging-thr-ar-1047976/

Updated: 12:27 PM May 24, 2012
Va. Woman Gets 18 months for Accidental Shooting
HENRICO, Va (AP) A Henrico County woman has been sentenced in the fatal shooting of a man while the two played with a gun. Twenty -two-year-old Sharday Pleasants pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in February. She told police she and 19-year-old Samuel Clarke II took turns pulling the trigger of a .38--caliber revolver on Aug. 1, 2011. She said she didn't know the gun was loaded. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Pleasants was sentenced Wednesday in Henrico County Circuit Court to 18 months in prison ... http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/153618075.html

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Accidental Shooting News [View all] struggle4progress May 2012 OP
yet in the garbage dump we live in RayTy May 2012 #1
And how would you go about getting "guns gone" from this "garbage dump" you live in? oneshooter May 2012 #3
They never have an answer to that! Logical May 2012 #40
Well, we can start by turning off the spigots rather than opening Hoyt May 2012 #43
Once again, for like the 5th time to you, HOW? List the steps! Logical May 2012 #44
I too would like to know how he would do this. SGMRTDARMY May 2012 #45
those "sane nations" gejohnston May 2012 #7
who exactly is "we"? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #14
Guns gone.... Callisto32 May 2012 #28
That's because this is the gungeon. DanTex May 2012 #31
Now the good news: Statistics for injuries and deaths from accidental shootings in the USA slackmaster May 2012 #2
Rare - "needing" a gun in public, yet you guys still can't leave home without one. Hoyt May 2012 #5
Another outright lie by Hoyt. I've posted MANY times that I don't carry a gun. slackmaster May 2012 #6
Never leave home without one Meiko May 2012 #8
Not allowed to carry in our state DonP May 2012 #12
I don't carry either. (But of course I live in a "corrupt-issue" part of California..... Simo 1939_1940 May 2012 #25
BEANS!! PavePusher May 2012 #26
I dont carry a gun, so who exactly does "you guys" refer to? N/T beevul May 2012 #41
I do carry most of the time sarisataka May 2012 #42
No thanks to guns bongbong May 2012 #9
I respect your right to that choice. Please respect my right to my choice to be armed. N/T GreenStormCloud May 2012 #13
OK bongbong May 2012 #17
I don't mind at all. Be real careful of the dead end at the crossroad, oneshooter May 2012 #18
Messed with your carefully nutured sense of anhedionia, did we? friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #19
That's not legal, my guns are. rl6214 May 2012 #24
Legal? bongbong May 2012 #33
When you get that done be sure to let us know rl6214 May 2012 #39
"One of these things is not like the other" n/t PavePusher May 2012 #27
That's some pretty serious hypocrisy on display, bongbong. I wonder if you can even see it. slackmaster May 2012 #29
Not at all bongbong May 2012 #34
OK slackmaster May 2012 #36
That would be dangerous as it is a city street. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #30
Same here bongbong May 2012 #32
In that spirit, I think I'm gonna drop some landmines in my front yard. DanTex May 2012 #35
Might I suggest... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #48
On my street, at 180 mph, you would become airborne and end up in a cow pasture. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #38
Go ahead and do 180 MPH in front of my house. SGMRTDARMY May 2012 #46
BTW.... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #47
Good work. Hoyt May 2012 #4
My two kids and I shot 22's yesterday evening....no NDs or ADs. ileus May 2012 #10
Out of a nation of 310 million some few accidents will happen. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #11
clearly... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #15
It is a shame that the OP did not want to comment on the current events. ManiacJoe May 2012 #16
It was a feel-bad OP, and working as intended until slackmaster dug up the stats. friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #20
Just the latest incarnation of "Guns in the News" DonP May 2012 #21
Just trying to shame them like we did on DU2. ManiacJoe May 2012 #37
One isn't an accidental shooting... Straw Man May 2012 #22
You trying to take the google dump job away from some of our other posters here? rl6214 May 2012 #23
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