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Police & Fire
Maryland Teen Charged As Adult After Shooting Another Boy — And Himself, Police Say
A 15-year-old Baltimore boy is facing adult charges after police say he shot another teen — and accidentally shot himself during the same encounter. The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 19, in the 300 block of South Macon Street, according to Baltimore Police. When officers arrived, they found a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the arm and the 15-year-old suspect with a gunshot wound to the thigh. Both were taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police later determined the younger teen was the shooter — and that his own injury was self-inflicted during th…
Police & Fire
Maryland Teen Shot, Killed By Friend 'Playing With Gun' Inside Beltsville Home: Police
A 16-year-old Maryland boy was shot and killed by his friend while "playing with a gun," police said. Officers with the Prince George’s County Police Department were called to a home on Heartwood Drive in Beltsville around 4:25 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, where they found Derrick Palmer suffering from a gunshot wound. Palmer, of Beltsville, died shortly after at a hospital, police said. The suspected shooter, identified as 18-year-old Kimaury Kamara of Mt. Holly Spring in Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and related offenses. According to the preliminary investigatio…
Schools
Gun Fired In Maryland Elementary School Belonged To Visiting Relative, Police Say
A loaded handgun that went off inside a Maryland elementary school earlier this month belonged to a visiting relative, and potential charges are now pending, authorities said. Investigators in Charles County have wrapped their probe into the April 10 firearm incident at Billingsley Elementary School and confirmed the gun did not belong to the student who brought it. Instead, detectives determined the firearm “belonged to a relative of the student who was visiting from out of town,” the sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday, April 22. The gun went off during school hours, and although no on…
Schools
Parents Charged After Gun Fires In Third Grader’s Backpack, Sheriff Says
A Virginia third grader brought a loaded handgun to school — and it went off inside his backpack, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said. Now, his parents are the ones facing charges. The gun went off inside a classroom at Lee Hill Elementary School around 10:50 a.m. on Monday, April 7, according to investigators. There were no injuries, and the student did not appear to have intended to harm anyone, officials said. Deputies say the 8-year-old had found the unsecured firearm at home, stuffed it into his backpack, and accidentally pulled the trigger while reaching into t…
News
Dog Shoots Owner After Getting Paw Stuck In Gun, Police Say
An American dog owner was accidentally shot by his pet in a freak incident rarely seen involving animals and firearms. Officers responded to a home in Memphis, Tennessee on Whitney Avenue at 3:50 a.m. Monday, March 10, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to his left thigh, according to the police report first detailed by WMC-TV Action News 5. He told police he had been lying in bed with a female friend when his 1-year-old pit bull jumped onto the bed and got its paw stuck in the trigger guard, causing the weapon to fire. The victim’s friend left the scene before officers arriv…
Police & Fire
Temple Hills Teen Charged After Child Accidentally Shot In Bowie, Police Say
An 18-year-old from Temple Hills is facing charges after a child was accidentally shot in Prince George's County over the weekend, police say. Elijah Fauntleroy is facing multiple charges after allegedly leaving a gun unsecured that led to a child shooting herself on Sunday afternoon in Bowie, leaving her hospitalized a day later. Shortly before 4 p.m. on Nov. 3, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department responded to a residence in the 600 block of Brookedge Court, where they found the child suffering from a gunshot wound. Investigators say that Fauntleroy brough…
News
Father Who Left Gun Out That Led Toddler's Maryland Death Admits To Manslaughter: Prosecutors
A father whose toddler suffered a fatal gunshot wound in December pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other offenses for leaving an unsecured weapon in their Baltimore home, according to the state's attorney's office on Friday. Christopher Gamble has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, with all but 10 years suspended, with the first five without the possibility of parole in connection to the death of 2-year-old Charlee Gamble. On Dec. 17, Gamble dropped his daughter off at Sinai Hospital, who was suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, leaving her with the staff before driving away. L…
Police & Fire
DC Murder Suspect Wearing GPS Device Charged After Girl Shot Self In Maryland: Prosecutors
The 20-year-old man charged after a young girl in Prince George's County hurt herself with his unsecured gun is also facing felony murder charges in DC, according to the state's attorney's office. Cheverly resident Jayvon Thomas, a relative of a 4-year-old girl who suffered a gunshot wound to her arm over the weekend is facing new charges following an investigation into the shooting. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called late on Sunday night to an apartment in the 6400 block of Landover Road in Cheverly to investigate after a child gained access to the gun a…
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