Tuesday, December 30, 2014

2-Year-Old Kills Mother In Idaho Walmart By Accidentally Shooting Her

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A woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a Wal-Mart store in Idaho. The 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in Hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.

Initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said it is as yet unclear how the two are related.

Friday, October 24, 2014

#PrayForPilchuck - Another School Shooting At Marysville-Pilchuck High School, North Seattle!

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#MPHS Marysville-Pilchuck High School is on the alert after someone opened fire in the school cafeteria during school hours as the students were having lunch.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Man Murders Ex-Girlfriend, Their Son, And Mediator Before Killing Self During Custody Battle

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Just last week was the account here of a grandma that took a little girl from the UK to Nigeria without the mother's permission, and news such as this alert one to how such domestic disputes over child custody cases can degenerate.

Traymont B. Burton, 21, went on a murderous rampage over a custody dispute last week, shooting his ex-girlfriend, Michelle S. Kelly, 22, their toddler, and a mediator. He then turned the gun on himself, taking his own life in an apparent four-way murder-suicide.

Friday, June 27, 2014

Ice-T’s Grandson Elyjah Marrow Arrested For Fatally Shooting Roommate

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Elyjah Marrow, grandson of actor and rapper Ice T, has been arrested after he accidentally shot and killed his roommate, Daryuis Johnson, in their Georgia apartment.

According to police, 19-year-old Marrow was fiddling with a handgun in his Georgia apartment Tuesday when it accidentally went off, fatally wounding roommate Daryus Johnson, who was also 19.

Daryuis Johnson was first transported to nearby WellStar Kennestone Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Marietta Police Officer David Baldwin told reporters;

"Marrow was not using proper firearms safety when handling the gun. That reckless handling of the firearm is what led to Johnson being accidentally shot and eventually killed."

Sunday, June 22, 2014

So Sad - Dad Killed by Stray Bullet as New Baby is Welcomed Home From Hospital

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A proud new dad, gathered with family members to celebrate the homecoming of his 3-day-old baby was killed by a stray bullet last Tuesday. The bullet came from a neighbor's gun, a convicted felon who had been drinking.

This story is so incredibly sad. Due to one man being irresponsible and careless with his gun, another man not only lost his life, but his child will grow up without a father.

Steven Justin Ayers, 33, of Panama City, Fla., was hit in the back of the head by the bullet and died instantly. Police said the bullet came from a 9 mm that traveled through the neighbor's screen window, through woods and through the sliding glass door of the Ayer's home.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Photo Of A Woman Pointing A Gun At A Child's Head Sparks Debate on Gun Violence

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This Facebook photo showing a young girl pointing a gun at the face of a young child have sparked fresh debates on gun violence. After the Newton incident in which several small children were killed with guns, and as I prepare to be a parent myself, I have begun thinking of how to raise kids in a way that leaves them well rounded and healthy emotionally, knowing to avoid what is wrong, and the ways to treat others right. One of the topics that have come up is allowing children to play with toy guns.

Friday, December 14, 2012

20 Children Dead in Connecticut School Shooting

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You think you've seen the worst that can happen, and then a day like this comes and breaks your heart all over again. Just last week in our backyard (Portland in neighboring state, Oregon), a gunman killed two people and then himself at a shopping mall. Today, the violence is targeted at children, while they were in school, and all these just a few weeks, days to Christmas. What is really going on?

NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A heavily armed gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing 26 people including 20 children in the latest in a series of shooting rampages across the United States this year, U.S. media reported.

The gunman was dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance told a news conference.

Vance said there were 28 deaths in Connecticut - 20 children and seven adults from the school and another person connected to the suspect at a house in Newtown. The total included the shooter, who media said was a 24-year-old man. The New York Times reported that the gunman killed himself at the scene.