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Gun safety
Lehigh
Police & Fire
Allentown Man Charged After Toddler Shot Self With Unattended Gun: DA
Three-year-old Elijah Abreu Borgen accidentally shot himself with a gun that an Allentown man had stashed under the couch, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. Jose Hilario Abreu, 28, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said in a release Friday. Borgen was shot on the 900 block of East Hamilton Street on March 28 and rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he succumbed to his injuries, city police said previously. On Friday, the DA's Office said Abreu had placed a loaded handgun under a sofa where Borgen and a 2-year-old w…
Baltimore
Police & Fire
Man Dies From Gunshot Wound Believed Self-Inflicted In Baltimore County: Police
A man died earlier this week from a gunshot wound Baltimore County Police believe was self-inflicted. It happened near the 1000 block of Halstead Road in Parkville around 6:35 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, BCPD said. A preliminary investigation shows the man’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted. I heard this call, if you or someone you know that thinks of suicide call 988 or text 988: https://t.co/eNjZElC2zj pic.twitter.com/DZQMIUf0eY — Baltimore Street News (@BaltStreetNews) March 21, 2024 Autopsy results were pending, police added.
North Orange
Police & Fire
2 Teens Injured In Newburgh Playground Shootings, Police Say
Two Hudson Valley teens are recovering after shooting themselves while allegedly playing with guns at a playground. The incident occurred in Orange County on Saturday evening at the Mullins Apartment complex on Walsh Road in Newburgh. According to Mike Neppl, spokesman for the city of Newburgh, two teens, ages 16 and 17 were playing with guns and shot themselves witnesses told police. A detective investigating the scene of the shootings. Rockland Video Productions The duo received non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, Neppl said. …
Columbia Greene
Police & Fire
Teen Accused Of Texting Threats To Girl In City Of Hudson
A Massachusetts teen with a history of making bomb threats at a school has been taken into custody for allegedly texting threatening messages to a girl in New York. The incident began in Columbia County on Tuesday, March 5 when the Hudson Police Department received a report from a concerned mother and her juvenile daughter regarding disturbing physical threats received on the daughter's cell phone. The unknown sender made threats to harm the 17-year-old and her friends, referencing a recent altercation on the school bus, the Hudson Police Department said. The girl received text messa…
Alexandria
Schools
Quick-Thinking Teacher Recovers Loaded Gun From Elementary School Student In Alexandria: Police
The Alexandria Police Department continues to investigate after an elementary school student was caught bringing a gun to class on Friday. Officers were called to the Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy on March 1 when a teacher heard the child voluntarily mention that he was carrying the weapon inside his backpack. Police say that the student brought the loaded gun into school inside his bag, and voluntarily mentioned it in conversation with their teacher on Friday that they were armed. The teacher immediately took possession of the student's bag, notified school administrators, and the poli…
Ocean
Police & Fire
'Scary:' Route 70 Costco Shopper Shoots Themself Accidentally, Brick Township Police Say
Police are investigating after a shopper accidentally shot themselves inside an Ocean County wholesale store over the weekend, they said. Brick Township police officers responded to the Costco warehouse on Route 70 at around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 21, local police said. The owner of the gun is expected to survive their injuries. One person who replied to the police department's Facebook post about the incident said they saw what happened. "I was right next to him when it happened," the commenter said. "It was terrible and scary. The bullet landed 5 feet from my daughter. "If you're …
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Paterson Detective Justified Shooting Gunman Who Opened Fire In Alleyway, NJ Grand Jurors Rule
An armed suspect in a dark alley pulled a gun from his sweatshirt pocket, pointed it at a Paterson detective standing a few feet away and pulled the trigger. What Thelonious McKnight, 25, didn’t know was that the gun’s safety was on. He took the safety off, exchanged gunfire with another detective and was shot. The fatal Dec. 29, 2021 police shooting was justified, a state-mandated review by a grand jury has found, authorities reported on Tuesday, Dec. 12. It was earlier that night when a detective watching images from street surveillance cameras at headquarters saw McKnight and another m…
Lancaster
News
No Charges After 3-Year-Old Boy Found Shot Dead At Lancaster Campground: DA
A 3-year-old boy Virginian boy's parents will not be charged after he shot himself dead at Tucquan Family Park Campground in Pennsylvania on Oct. 20, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22. "This mistake in judgment ultimately led to the child’s death but did not rise to the level of a criminal act based upon the nature and intent of the circumstances," DA Heather Adams explained in the release. The boy was found shortly after a shooting was reported at the camp located at 917 River Road, Holtwood, Martic Township, Lancaster County First Deputy Cor…
Baltimore
Business
61K Gun Safes Sold At Retailers Nationwide Recalled After 12-Year-Old Shot, Killed With Weapon
More than 61,000 gun cases sold nationwide are being recalled due to a malfunction that can allow unauthorized people to access dangerous weapons, and already led to the death of a child. Illinois-based Fortress Safe announced this week that the biometric gun safes were being recalled due to a "serious safety hazard and risk of death" caused by a programming feature that made the safes more accessible. The recall comes following a recent lawsuit that alleges a 12-year-old boy died from a gun obtained from one of the safes, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). "…
Litchfield
Police & Fire
Watertown Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself In Head While Playing With Gun: Police
A 14-year-old Connecticut boy was hospitalized with critical injuries after he was found at home with an accidentally inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said. The incident happened in Litchfield County on Saturday, Sept. 30 around 12:40 p.m., when Watertown Police responded to a residence in Oakville on Hadley Street, where a 14-year-old boy had been found bleeding from his head. According to the department, the boy, who had been alone in the residence, had been discovered by his grandmother after she returned home, who quickly called 911 and reported that he had fallen…
Prince William
Police & Fire
Friends Passing Around Handgun Leaves One Dead In Manassas
A 21-year-old man died when an acquaintance accidentally fired the handgun that they and one other person were passing around over the weekend in Northern Virginia, police said. Daniel Villalobos Marquez, 27, was being held without bond in the death of Jesus Villalobos Hernandez on Saturday evening, July 15, Prince William County police said. The incident happened around 6:25 p.m. in a home on the 8300 block of Scotland Loop in Manassas, police said. Marquez "neglectfully discharged the handgun, firing a round and striking the victim in the chest," PWCPD said. Responders provid…
Chester
Police & Fire
Chesco Teen Sentenced For Toddler Brother's Shooting Death
A Coatesville teenager could spend almost two years on house arrest for the 2022 death of his 4-year-old brother, a Chester County court has ruled. Victor Lara-Ortiz, 18, was sentenced to six to 23 months of home confinement at his sentencing hearing before Judge Analisa Sondergaard in West Chester on Tuesday, Feb. 14, said District Attorney Deb Ryan. The sentence draws to a close the tragic chapter that began on Feb. 28, 2022, according to the DA's Office. On that day, while Lara-Ortiz was out of the house, authorities say his little brother Roman Aguilera-Ortiz walked into the teen's…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Montco Mom Charged After 6-Year-Old Brings Gun To School: DA
A 6-year-old boy in Norristown brought his mother's handgun to school, and now she's facing criminal charges, claims District Attorney Kevin Steele. Jasmin Devlin, 30, surrendered to police on Tuesday, Feb. 14 and was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Albert J. Augustine who set bail at $50,000 unsecured, the DA said. According to authorities Devlin's young son took the pistol on the school bus on Thursday, Feb. 9, and began showing classmates. A group of children immediately alerted a secretary when the bus arrived at the school, they said. The secretary c…
Lehigh
Police & Fire
Allentown 11-Year-Old Fatally Shot By Brother, 10, In Accident: DA
The Allentown 11-year-old who was fatally shot Tuesday, Dec. 27 was killed accidentally while playing with guns with his younger brother, authorities announced. In a statement Wednesday, Dec. 28, Lehigh County District Attorney James B. Martin said the boy, his 10-year-old brother, and the rest of the family were stopping by an aunt's house on the 600 block of North Front Street for a visit. In the basement of the aunt's home lives her son, 24, who legally owns two 9 mm handguns, the DA said. The gun owner had his firearms out because he had recently been shooting and was p…
Prince William
Police & Fire
Virginia Mom Wanted For Child Neglect After Unattended 2-Year-Old Son Shoots Himself: PD
Police in Prince William County are seeking the public's help in finding a mom who is facing a criminal charge after her 2-year-old son was left unattended and shot himself. Christalle Phillips Moat, 39, is wanted out of Manassas, on a felony charge of child neglect, Prince William County police said in a Thursday, Nov. 10 release. An investigation began around 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 26, when officers responded to a home on the 7600 block of Monitor Court in Manassas to investigate a shooting with injury, they said. Authorities say they were initially notified by Child Protective Services…
New Rochelle
Police & Fire
New Rochelle Police Warn Children About Gun Safety After Weapon Found Buried Near School
Police in a Westchester County city are warning children not to touch guns after a weapon was found buried near an elementary school. Earlier Report - Gun, Loaded Magazine Found Buried At New Rochelle School In a video directed to children released by New Rochelle Police on Thursday, Nov. 3, an officer says that guns should not be approached. "Guns are dangerous. Guns can hurt you. This is what I want you to do if you find a gun: don't touch it, even if it looks like a toy. Go get an adult and tell them where the gun is," the officer in the video says. The video com…
Rivertowns
Politics
This Heated Hudson Valley Congressional Race Could Be 'Election Night Surprise,' Report Says
New York’s governor’s race isn’t the only political matchup that could end up being closer than expected once all the ballots are counted, according to The Hill. The race to represent the 17th Congressional District - which includes all of Rockland County and portions of central and northwestern Westchester County - could end up being an election night surprise, the outlet said. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is facing off against Republican State Assemblyman Mike Lawler in what some believe could be a political bellwether for the 202…
Burlington
Police & Fire
He Thought Gun Was Unloaded — Then He Killed His Friend: Burlington Prosecutor
An 18-year-old man playing with a gun accidentally shot his friend in South Jersey, authorities said. Jah-son Jones, of Pemberton, was at 19-year-old Nasiah Carson's home on South Coles Avenue in Maple Shade, when the two were playing with a handgun that they thought was unloaded, and Jones pointed it at Carson squeezed the trigger around 3:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Carson was taken to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden by others in the home after the shooting occurred, and was pronounced dead just after arriving. A cartrid…
Chester
Police & Fire
Child, 3, Airlifted After Shooting Himself With Handgun In Suburban Philly Parking Lot
A 3-year-old child was airlifted to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself with a firearm in Suburban Philadelphia over the weekend, authorities said. The toddler was struck once in the lower abdomen while in a black Dodge Durango, parked in the Caln Plaza shopping center around 11:45 a.m. Saturday, July 30, local police said. The child’s father, Jameer Walker, 23, of Thorndale, called for help after the firearm discharged. The 9mm handgun which was recovered at the scene. The child was rushed to Paoli hospital in critical condition then flown to Children’s Hospital in Phila…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself In Collegeville, Police Say
A man was hurt after accidentally shooting himself in Collegeville Sunday, June 12, authorities said. Officers responding to the shooting report on Shelly Drive and Ruby Drive found a man with an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the upper thigh, Collegeville Borough police said. The man was conscious and had a belt on his leg as a makeshift tourniquet, but the wound was still bleeding, so an officer replaced it with a real tourniquet, police said. The victim, who has a valid concealed carry permit, told police that he was carrying his 9mm pistol in his waistband without…
South Passaic
News
Target Shooter, 73, Accidentally Wounds Himself At Passaic County Gun Range
A 73-year-old man accidentally clipped the tip of his index finger at a Passaic County gun range over the weekend, authorities said. Officers who responded to Gun For Hire at the Woodland Park Range on McBride Avenue around noon Sunday tended to the victim before EMS arrived, Police Chief John Uzzalino said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson for treatment. As often happens, scanner listeners mistakenly shared word of the incident as a shooting at McBride and Lackawanna avenues instead of what it was.The chief thanked everyone for their concern.
Stafford
Police & Fire
Selfie Stunt In Stafford Leads To Man's Arrest
A 31-year-old Stafford man trying to impress his friends with the best selfie wound up in jail last week, authorities said. The selfie soiree was in full swing around 2 a.m. on Friday, June 3, at a Super 8 motel in Stafford. Staff at the motel called the Stafford County Sheriff's Office after a guest reported hearing a gunshot come from one of the balconies. Deputies scoured security videos to find out what happened. Thye found a clip of a group of men on a balcony posing for photos while holding a gun, the Sheriff's Office said. But after one of the men grabbed the pisto…
Adams
Schools
PA Boy, 6, Fatally Shot Brother, 5, Police Say
A 6-year-old shot and killed their 5-year-old brother on Monday night, according to police. The Allegheny County Police Department's Homicide Unit responded to a request for assistance in Penn Hills.At approximately 5:33pm this date, County 9-1-1 was notified of a shooting in the 100 block of Prescott Drive. First responders found a 5-year-old male victim shot. pic.twitter.com/Nh7yYYun66 — Allegheny County PD (@AlleghenyCoPD) November 23, 2021 Penn Hills police were called to a shooting incident in the 100 block of Prescott Drive in Pittsburgh on Monday at approximately 5:33 p.m., accor…
Adams
News
Mom Of 4-Year-Old Pittsburgh Boy Who Accidentally Shot Himself Dead 'Lost For Words'
A 4-year-old boy from Pittsburgh has died after shooting himself in the face, according to police. The boy was identified by family members to CBS2 as Ajani Lane. His mom, Nay Lane, mourned his loss on Facebook. Police were called to a home in the 500 block of North Negley in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood around 8 a.m., according to a statement by the police. The boy was transported to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh where he later died, police said. There was a caregiver present in the home at the time of the shooting, according to police. An investigation is ongoing.
Adams
News
Mom Of 4-Year-Old Pittsburgh Boy Who Accidentally Shot Himself Dead 'Lost For Words'
A 4-year-old boy from Pittsburgh has died after shooting himself in the face, according to police. The boy was identified by family members to CBS2 as Ajani Lane. His mom, Nay Lane, mourned his loss on Facebook. Police were called to a home in the 500 block of North Negley in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood around 8 a.m., according to a statement by the police. The boy was transported to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh where he later died, police said. There was a caregiver present in the home at the time of the shooting, according to police. An investigation is ongoing.
White Plains
News
Alec Baldwin Discharges Prop Gun, Killing Crew Member, Injuring Director On Movie Set
A cinematographer was killed and a director injured after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of a movie being produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico, authorities said. The incident happened just before 2 p.m. Pacific Time Thursday, Oct. 21, at a rank in the area, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said. The cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, age 42, and director, Joel Souza, age 48, were working with the 63-year-old Baldwin on the set of “Rust," a Western. Baldwin was seen outside the sheriff’s office headquarters "distraught and in tears while on the phone," acco…
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Minors Playing With Gun Leads To Fairfield County Teen's Death, Police Say
A Fairfield County teen was shot and killed while a group of juveniles was playing with a gun. The incident took place around 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 11, in Bridgeport, on Valley Avenue. When officers arrived they located Nigel Powell, age 16, who had been shot in the head, according to Scott Appleby, the City of Bridgeport's Director of Emergency Management, He was taken to Saint Vincent’s Hospital, where he later died. Police had originally reported the gunshot as being self-inflicted, however after further investigation, it was confirmed and according to witnesses, Powell was with …
Lancaster
News
Boyfriend Shoots Girlfriend, 20, In Hip, Police In Lancaster County Say
A man who mishandled a gun and shot his girlfriend on Saturday has been arrested, according to Columbia Borough police. Columbia Borough Police were dispatched to a shooting at 410 Locust Street just after 7 p.m. Hailey Jean Brown, 20, was found by police lying on the floor with a gunshot wound to her left hip. Her boyfriend, Alexander Lewis Heaps, 26, admitted to mishandling his legally purchased semi automatic handgun and accidentally shooting Brown. Police recovered the gun, a 9mm Smith and Wesson. Officers administered first aid until EMS arrived to treat Brown and transport he…
Montgomery PA
News
10-Year-Old Boy Shoots, Kills Himself After Finding Gun In Philadelphia Home
A 10-year-old boy shot and killed himself after finding a gun in his Philadelphia home, news reports say. The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. Saturday in a home at 1410 W Pacific St., NBC News reports. The boy and his 8-year-old sister apparently found the weapon in a cabinet, when he shot himself in the head, the outlet says. The girl ran to a neighbor's house and called police. The boy was rushed to a local hospital and pronounced dead around 40 minutes after the shooting.
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun
A 25-year-old employee at a Montgomery County assisted living facility accidentally shot a 71-year-old resident in the face Saturday night, authorities said. The caretaker, a Philadelphia resident, was alone with three residents at the home on the 600 block of Rosemont Avenue in Upper Gwynedd, when the incident occurred around 8 a.m. Saturday, local police said. The home is owned by Jewish Employment and Vocation Services and is operated as Community Living and Home Support for special needs adults. There, police learned that the caretaker -- who had been working at the hou…
Montgomery PA
News
Name Of 9-Year-Old Philadelphia Student Shot, Killed By 5-Year-Old Lives On With School Grant
The name of the 9-year-old girl shot and killed by her 5-year-old cousin last week will live on in the form of a grant to be awarded by a student at the Philadelphia school she attended, district officials told Daily Voice. The award honoring Nyssa Davis will be given to a sixth grader at the Thomas M. Peirce School who exhibits the character and dedication to education that Nyssa shared will be awarded annually by the Philadelphia Home & School Council, spokeswoman Afea Tucker said. Nyssa was discovered in critical condition after being shot in the right side of her head by her 5-…
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