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HUNTING Hunter shut, rushed to hospital MIKE LaFAVE Story Created: Nov 24, 2009 at 11:58 PM EST Story Updated: Nov 24, 2009 at 11:58 PM EST MIDDLEFIELD, N.Y. (WKTV) - A Sharon Springs hunter is in the hospital after a hunting accident Tuesday morning. Walter O. Rouse, Jr., 37, Sharon Springs, was hunting in a field off Roscoe Jones Road in Middlefield with a hunting party, including Lawrence C. Delaney, 68, Cooperstown. Delaney was in a "hunting blind" and accidentally shot Roscoe, mistaking him for a deer. The shot was from about 300 feet away and hit Roscoe in the upper left arm and traveled to his abdomen ... http://www.wktv.com/news/local/73188392.html Witnesses: Hunter accidentally shot child in Stone Co. By WLOX Staff STONE COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - A 10-year-old is in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during a horseback ride. The shooting happened Sunday along the Big Foot Horse Trail in Stone County. Investigators with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks were told the unidentified child was accidentally shot by a nearby deer hunter ... http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=11561459 Miss. man dies in hunting accident 2 injured in separate incident ... Doug Childs, 32, of Maben was killed Sunday morning while hunting in western Oktibbeha County ... In the second case, a 41-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl were hit by stray shotgun pellets around 1 p.m. in Harrison County, Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said. Brisolara said the two were shot while horseback riding on public land managed by the U.S. Forestry Service. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening ... http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091123/NEWS/911230330/Miss.+man+dies+in+hunting+accident CHILDREN PLAYING WITH GUNS Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 Shotgun goes off while boy is cleaning it, killing his sister Herald-Leader Staff Report A 9-year-old Knox County girl was killed by a shotgun blast Thursday when the weapon her brother was cleaning accidentally went off, state police said. The girl was watching television when she was shot, according to a news release. The girl was rushed to the Knox General Hospital but was pronounced dead. The accident happened in the Cannon community ... http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/1033822.html?storylink=omni_popular Father posts bond in child’s death By Ashley Fielding [email protected]A man who was charged in the death of his 22-month-old son is free on bond, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. Raley A. Lane, 33, was released from the Hall County Jail on Monday after posting a $46,000 bond, according to Hall County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kiley Sargent. Lane was charged with involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children and reckless conduct Saturday after his adopted son found a small-caliber handgun on a night stand and accidentally shot himself. The boy later died in surgery at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, according to reports ... http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/26385/ ADULTS PLAYING WITH GUNS Delray Beach Man Accidentally Shoots and Kills His Teenage Cousin November 24, 2009 7:10 PM DELRAY BEACH-- Twenty-year-old David Duritsa has been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child after shooting and killing his 17-year-old cousin, James Williams, Monday night. Duritsa turned himself in to police Tuesday morning. The young men were inside the victim's home on Southwest 14th Avenue in Delray Beach when Duritsa fired the the gun. Duritsa's mother says he called her shortly after the shooting and said "mommy I found a gun and I was playing around with it, and it went off." Eleanor Abraham said at that point "he didn't know if he had shot him in the shoulder or the head, and he said he was sorry and he just cried." According to the police report, Duritsa didn't think the gun was loaded when he picked it up and pointed it at his cousin, who was sitting on a couch watching television. The gun's magazine had been removed, but police say a bullet was still in the chamber. Family and friends are calling the shooting a tragic accident ... http://www.cbs12.com/news/year-4722776-duritsa-old.html Family of teen mistakenly shot to death prepares for hollow holiday CUTLER BAY, Fla. (WSVN) -- The family of a 14-year-old girl who authorities said was accidentally shot to death at a friend's home Sunday night will spend the upcoming holiday making arrangements for her funeral. While visiting a friend at a home, located at 9541 Holiday Drive, Samantha Meerbott suffered a bullet wound to the stomach when an adult inside the home accidentally discharged the firearm, said Miami-Dade Police. "They took out the gun thinking that they were just showing it off, and ... it happened to shoot through her by accident," said Vicky Dinapoli, who calls Meerbott her best friend. "They tried to put .. on safety lock, and it didn't ..." http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI137230/ Husband shoots wife while testing gun Bullet traveled through wall, striking woman Updated: Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009, 10:23 AM EST Published : Monday, 23 Nov 2009, 1:47 PM EST FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - A Franklin man changing an ammunition magazine in his gun accidentally shot and killed his wife. Police said 67-year-old William Jenkins was testing the new magazine when a bullet fired from the gun striking his wife, 61-year-old Karen Jenkins, in another room. Just before one o'clock Saturday afternoon, police went to the home in the 1100 block of Paris Drive after William Jenkins called 911. "When the firearm went off, he heard his wife, knew something was wrong. He thought that she was just startled by the sound of the gun going off," said Franklin Police Lt. Chris Tennell. "He exited the bedroom, walked into the kitchen area to let her know everything was OK and that's when he seen everything was not OK" ... http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/south_central/husband-shoots-wife-while-cleaning-gun Man Dies in Accidental Shooting Lauderdale County, Miss. Lauderdale County authorities say a man accidentally shot and killed himself, because he mistakenly thought his gun was not loaded. Posted: 5:01 PM Nov 23, 2009 Reporter: Stephen Bowers ... Investigators say a card game turned deadly at a residence on Marion-Russell Road Friday. A man there accidentally shot himself with his own gun. 27-year-old Matthew Netto died a short time later. Officials say he thought his gun was unloaded. "Our investigation is ongoing into this matter," said Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun. "Currently, it appears, based on the evidence that we have from statements of witnesses that were there and physical evidence, it appears that this was a tragic accidental discharge of a firearm" ... http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/71909807.html ALCOHOL Burnsville man accidentally shot friend after night of drinking, charges say Charges say the friends were drinking, then returned home. Facts are blurry, but one man ended up dead. By JOY POWELL [email protected]Last update: November 24, 2009 - 9:30 PM A night of heavy drinking, a loaded pistol and drunken horseplay led to charges Tuesday against a Burnsville man, who stands accused in the manslaughter death of his friend. Michael Cody Schwartz, 25, of Burnsville was charged with second-degree manslaughter, reckless discharge of a firearm, and two misdemeanor weapons charges in connection with the death of Logan Ahlers, 25, early Saturday in a Burnsville apartment. "It sounds like they were very good friends," said Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom ... http://www.startribune.com/local/south/72815077.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsAMan accidentally shot friend and ASU student By Monte Mitchell. Media General News Service Published: November 24, 2009 ... Police said that Ruble didn’t realize the gun was loaded, and thought the percussion cap would only make a noise and scare his friends. Police consulted with the district attorney’s office, and authorities decided that Ruble had been negligent in the shooting death. Police said Ruble told them he had been drinking. His blood-alcohol level wasn’t tested. “Firearms are not toys and are not to be pointed at something you don’t intend to destroy,“ Wilson said. “Alcohol and gunpowder don’t mix. It’s a deadly combination" ... http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/state_regional/article/man_accidentally_shot_friend_and_asu_student/15818/ Drinking man accidentally shoots self with loaded rifle he was cleaning OLIVER SPRINGS — A 32-year-old man accidentally shot himself in the face with a .22-caliber rifle Sunday night while he said he was cleaning the weapon, according to an Anderson County Sheriff’s Department report. Mark D. Richardson of Old Frost Bottom Lane sustained a gunshot wound to his left cheek and was taken by ambulance to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge’s emergency room for treatment, Deputy William S. Lucas reported. Richardson told the deputy he had emptied the weapon but didn’t recall whether he had checked the rifle’s chamber for a bullet. Richardson told the deputy he had been drinking alcohol before cleaning the weapon “but did not feel he was under the influence,” according to the report ... http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/nov/23/drinking-man-accidentally-shoots-self-loaded-rifle/
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