Woman playing with handgun unintentionally shoots and kills stepson

 A Pembroke Pines, Florida woman was fooling around with a handgun when she unintentionally shot and killed her 15-year-old stepson. According to a friend of the teen who was there that night the family was celebrating another child who had just graduated from elementary school. 

The friend said the gun was on the dining room table and the stepmother was playing with it. He said she was laughing and told everyone to stay calm as she pointed the gun at everyone including the dogs. The teen left the room and a moment later he heard a gunshot. When he ran back into the room his friend was on the floor and he wasn't breathing. 

According to the police: The firearm was discharged unintentionally due to negligence and mishandling." Prosecutors have yet to determine if charges will be filed. 

15-year-old unintentionally shoots and kills boyfriend while playing with a gun

 Two 15-year-olds were playing with a handgun inside a boy's home in Mount Croghan, South Carolina.  According to the sheriffs the two were tossing the gun back and forth when the gun went off in the girlfriend's hands and hit the boy in the chest. The boy died at the scene.

The girl was taken into custody and charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of her boyfriend. The boy's mother was home at the time but was not charged. However, police continue to investigate. If the handgun is found to have been purchased by an adult and not stored properly that could result in charges. 

"It's real tiresome," said the sheriff, "We have to continue going to these mothers and fathers and telling them their child is deceased over recklessness, over negligence, over unnecessary stuff. And it's just getting..it's really getting old."

14-year-old in critical condition after unintentionally shooting himself in neck

 A 14-year-old Ocala, Florida boy was visiting a friend when he found a loaded, unlocked gun in the parents' dresser drawer. The boy unintentionally discharged the gun, shooting himself in the neck. 

When police arrived they found the boy lying on the floor and two women attempting to resuscitate him. The officer took over the CPR and after a few minutes the boy began breathing again and was able to move his head.  

The teen was taken to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. 

The owner of the gun was at work when the shooting took place. Police are investigating the incident and note that under Florida law guns must be stored in a locked box or secured with a trigger lock to prevent a minor accessing the gun. 

9-year-old hit by stray bullet while playing outside her home

 A 9-year-old girl was playing with friends on the sidewalk outside her home in Woodbridge, Virginia when she was struck by a stray bullet. The bullet was fired by a 15-year-old boy who was shooting at a car driving through the apartment complex. 

The shooting was captured on a neighbor's security camera. The video shows the children playing on the sidewalk when a silver car enters the parking lot, drives by and then stops, reverses and turns around, heading towards a groups of boys walking on the other side of the parking lot. One of the boy pulls out a gun and fires three times and the car drives off. The 9-year-old girl falls to the ground and starts screaming, "I can't feel my legs!" 

The girl was rushed to the hospital were she underwent multiple surgeries. She suffered from a partially collapsed lung and damaged liver. The bullet lodged in her spine. She was listed in critical condition. 

Police arrested a 15-year-old male who was charged with aggravated malicious wounding, attempted malicious wounding, shooting at an occupied vehicle and gun charges. Police did not identify the teen nor did they say where the 15-year-old got the gun.

Every illegal gun starts out as a legal gun. 

The kids went out to do some target shooting.......

17-year-old Luke Dodenhoff died Saturday morning, a day after he was unintentionally shot in the head while target-shooting with a friend.
According to police Luke stepped in front of the gun while his friend was aiming. "It happened kind of simultaneously."
"It's just a tragic accident - there's no rhyme or reason," said Luke's father.
Ohh shoot.

Mommy, Mommy, call 911

A 14-year-old Oak Grove, Alabama boy received a .22-caliber rifle as a present a few years ago. Recently, he was showing the gun to his 13-year-old friend in a shed behind his house. He thought the safety on the rifle was on when he pointed the gun at his friend and pulled the trigger. He thought wrong.
He ran inside and told his mother to call 911. The friend was taken to the hospital for surgery. The boy has been released from the hospital but the bullet remains lodged in his pelvic bone.
Ohh shoot.

Kids Find Grandma's Gun - Tragedy Follows

Three teenagers at their grandmother's house in Indiana found grandma's loaded .38-caliber handgun. The 13-year-old girl fired one shot. The bullet struck her 14-year-old cousin in the head.
The girl was taken to the hospital and is listed in critical condition.
According to the police, the grandmother had a lockbox for the gun, but for some reason the gun was unsecured.
Ohh shoot.