Police shooting at robber also shoot 2-year-old boy and his mother

Florida police officers fired a total of 42 shots at a suspected back robber, killing him but in the process also wounding a 2-year-old boy and his mother. The boy and his mother were in a vehicle that had been carjacked by the suspect. The boy, Daniel, is in the hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his chest and arm. His mother is in fair condition recovering from a gunshot to her foot.
In total, five officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office fired on the vehicle. "I just don't want to try to speculate on why they felt the need to shoot at the suspect while he was in the vehicle," said the Jacksonville Sheriff.
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It wasn't a burglar he shot, it was his brother.

A Kentucky man fired a shot at someone he thought was breaking into his mobile home. But it was his brother who was trying to enter the home through a bedroom window.
The brother suffered a single gun shot wound to the neck and was air-lifted to the hospital where he remains in serious condition.
Police said the man fled the scene after the incident but family members insist that the shooting was an accident, saying the two brothers would never intentionally hurt each other.
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Instead of shooting the burglars she shot her friend

A 97-year-old Texas man was shot in the arm by a woman staying at his house when he yelled for help in fending off robbers. The woman grabbed his gun but unintentionally shot him in the arm instead of shooting the alleged robbers.
The man was taken to the hospital and the woman was taken in for questioning. The robbers got away.
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Unintentional Shooting at Gun Show

A Colorado man who was "just looking at a gun" at the Tanner Gun Show in Denver was shot in the upper torso when the gun unintentionally discharged. According to witnesses "there was blood all over the floor." The victim is still in the hospital.
This is not the first time the Tanner Gun Show has come under fire. In 2008, a 64-year-old man unintentionally shot himself in the stomach with a handgun in the show's parking lot.
In 1999 three guns used by Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris in the Columbine High School shooting were bought from the Tanner Gun Show. The guns, two shotguns and a TEC-DC9, were purchased from three different private sellers at the show. Because they were private sales no background check was run on Klebold and Harris' friend, Robyn Anderson, who bought the guns for the underage boys.
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Driving down the road when a bullet flies through the window

A Texas man was driving down Farm-to-Market 306 when a bullet went through the passenger door window and struck him in the neck.
Police have spoken to two area teenagers who "might have been" firing a gun that night. They are considered possible suspects. It does not appear that the victim was specifically targeted.
The victim was airlifted to a hospital in San Antonio. He has been discharged but the doctors opted to leave the bullet in his neck for the time being.
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One reckless shot fired, two people injured

Two men recently showed up at a Michigan hospital seeking treatment for gun shot injuries. According to police, "It sounds like the shooter was being careless and screwing around with the gun and it went off." One man was handling the gun when it unintentionally fired, sending a bullet through his hand and into his friend's stomach.
The owner of the gun has a concealed weapons permit. The local licensing board will decided whether or not to revoke the owner's permit.
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Too embarrassed to admit shooting was unintentional, false reports cost taxpayers thousands of dollars

Two stories, one from Florida, one from Maryland, concerning people who didn't want to admit a shooting was their fault and decided instead to cast the blame elsewhere. The result is a colossal waste of police resources and dollars, all at the expense of taxpayers.
A Florida mother concocted a story about a drive-by shooting in order to cover up the real cause of her daughter's gunshot wounds. The 2-year-old was shot in the hand and thigh by another child during a birthday party. The mother told police the child was a victim of a drive-by shooting. Police spent 130 hours searching for a white Dodge Charger.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office estimated the search cost $2,458.
A Maryland man admitted to making up a story about a home invasion in order to cover up the fact that he accidentally shot himself. The man told police that two men broke into his home and shot him. In an effort to find the home invaders, police brought in a Maryland State Police helicopter and canines. As a precaution, schools in the area were locked down.
Police did not give estimates as to the cost of the extensive search, but did say that "charges will probably be forthcoming" against the man for filing a false report.
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Virginia man charged with reckless handling of a firearm

A Virginia man was practicing loading and unloading his shotgun when it unintentionally discharged. The buck shot blew a hole in the gun owner's bedroom, traveled out through the house and into his neighbor's house where is struck a woman who was standing on her deck.
The man has been charged with reckless handling of a firearm and released on $2,500 bail. The same man reportedly shot himself in the foot last year.
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Another unbelievably stupid move leads to death of 8-year-old

For some unfathomable reason a Pennsylvania father put a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in a backpack with his 8-year-old son's video games.   The boy unintentionally shot himself and died of a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child have been filed against the father. In a statement to the press, the District Attorney said, "Leaving a loaded gun in a child's backpack that contains the child's games is inviting trouble. The father may as well have left it in the child's toy chest. The results, as we have seen, are deadly."
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Unbelievably stupid move leads to toddler's death

Three-year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan shot herself to death after mixing up a Wii game controller and a real .380-caliber handgun. Cheyenne's stepfather made the astoundingly careless move of leaving a loaded handgun on a table in the living room. The same room where Cheyenne had been playing a Wii game for days with a realistic looking controller.

According to the police statement, after loading the gun and looking for what he thought was a prowler, the stepfather put the gun on the table and forgot about it.  There is no excuse for his actions.