France
French Soldier Used Wrong Ammunition, Fired Into Crowd, Injured 17
Times (UK)
1 July 2008
PARIS -- A French paratrooper who fired his assault rifle into a crowd of spectators during a hostage-freeing exercise will face charges of grave negligence, prosecutors said yesterday. A three-year-old boy and his parents were among the 15 civilians and two military personnel who were wounded in the shooting, which took place during an open day at the 3rd Marine Parachutist Regiment barracks on Sunday afternoon. The boy... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sri Lanka
35,000 Illegal Guns Said to Be in Sri Lanka, Most Held by Young People
Nation (Colombo)
22 June 2008
Nearly 35,000 illegal firearms are in circulation in Sri Lanka, disclosed South Asian Small Arms Network (Sri Lanka) (SASA Net) Chairman Kingsley Rodrigo, recently said. The situation, Rodrigo pointed out, was exacerbating the prevailing insecurity in the country. He added that majority of those who hold the illegal firearms were the youth. "Around 15,000 weapons had been given to politicians and their supporters during... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
'Gun Free Zone' Campaign Recruits Schools, Clinics, Bars in Namibia
Namibian (Windhoek)
16 June 2008
WINDHOEK -- Civil society's aim to get guns out of public places gained another ally on Friday when the Katutura-based Namibia Primary School declared itself a gun-free zone. The school joined a number of other educational institutions, clinics, businesses and shebeens who, since September last year, have become part of the Namibia NGO Forum (Nangof)'s initiative 'Towards a Gun-Free Namibia'. While the presentation of the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Jamaica
UNICEF Urges Gun Control to Protect Children, Youth in Jamaica
Jamaica Observer
8 June 2008
The United Nations wants the Jamaican government to institute strict gun control regulations as a means of stemming the heavy inflow of guns and ammunition into the island. In a joint press release issued by UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the Global Week of Action against Gun Violence, the UN urged all stakeholders to increase their efforts to tackle the arms flow, and embark on a social intervention... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Most Gunshot Victims Shot by Lawful Gun Owners, Says Ugandan Group
New Vision (Kampala)
7 June 2008
KAMPALA -- The Uganda Action Network on small arms and light weapons has urged the Government to control the rampant misuse of firearms that has left many wounded and maimed. "Majority of the victims with gunshot wounds are inflicted by official guns," said Rev. Canon Joyce Nima, the organisation co-ordinator. Nima, who led the press, the clergy and a team from her organisation, on Thursday visited some victims admitted... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kosovo
Civilians Hold More Than 300,000 Illegal Guns in Kosovo, Survey Shows
SEESAC (Belgrade) / BBC Monitoring Service, KosovaLive
6 June 2008
More than 300,000 illegal small weapons are in Kosova [Kosovo], based on a research by the UNDP, whereas 49 persons were killed and 57 were wounded by these weapons in 2007. This was said today at a debate in Mitrovice [Mitrovica] in the framework of the campaign, "World Week Against Violence With Weapons." The head of the project, Enver Kqiku, from the Kosova Centre for International Cooperation said that such debates are taking... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Harlem Shootings: New York Calls Emergency Summit on Gun Violence
NY1 News (New York)
1 June 2008
In response to an increase in shootings throughout the five boroughs, Governor David Paterson attended a brainstorming meeting Sunday with leaders to see what can be done. When gunshots rang out through Harlem last Monday, they resonated all the way to the governor's office. "I wanted to come here today to send a message that government is listening and government is acting," said Paterson. Paterson joined dozens... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
7yr-old Florida Girl Finds Loaded Gun, Shoots Mom: 'You Know, It Went Off'
WPTV News (Florida)
31 May 2008
SUBURBAN BOCA RATON, Florida -- It was just last week when Sharda Brijmohan was napping in her bed. She said she never could have imagined that her first grade daughter would find a gun in a nightstand and shoot her. "She probably, I don't know, in her little mind thought it was not loaded and she took it out and you know, it went off," Brijmohan said. Two shots, one in her arm, another in her chest. Her voice... ( gunpolicy.org )
New Zealand
Big Jump in Number of Newcomers Seeking Gun Licence in New Zealand
New Zealand Herald
29 May 2008
Aspiring Asian gun-owners, growing numbers of recreational hunters and the rise of the lifestyle block are being credited for an increase in the number of people seeking gun licences. A memo to police shows the number of first-time applicants for firearms licences almost doubled in six years, from 4654 in 2001 to 8370 last year. Mike Spray of the Mountain Safety Council -- which runs firearms training and lectures for licensees... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Violence 'Out of Control Everywhere,' Says Florida Police Spokesman
WFLX-TV News ( Florida)
27 May 2008
RIVIERA BEACH, Florida -- A shooting outside a riviera beach nightclub sends one man to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The victim is expected to be okay, which was not his prognosis early Monday morning. The incident occurred on the corner of 11th Street and Broadway. Tyrone McCloud was shot outside the parking lot of B&C Nightclub in Riviera Beach. The shooting occurred around 11:30 Monday night. Investigators... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Britain Launches New Push Against Youth Gun Crime, Armed Violence
Guardian (UK)
22 May 2008
The government today began a new push against gun and knife gang crime. The initiative is intended to halt the increase in the number of people being killed in violent attacks throughout Britain. Addressing a conference in Birmingham, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, said £5m would be committed to tackle gun and knife crime, while witnesses would be offered anonymity to encourage them to come forward. Smith called... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Gun Injury Halved, Gun Crime Down as UK Cities Adopt Gang Violence Plan
Press Association (UK)
21 May 2008
An action plan targeting gun and gang violence in four of Britain's major cities has halved the number of firearms-related injuries, according to the Home Office. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the Tackling Gangs Action Programme saw a 51% fall in gun injuries from 93 in October to 46 in February. There was also a 27% decrease in the overall number of gun offences in the four areas -- London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Felon Used Semi-auto Rifle to Shoot Ex-partner at Church Carnival
KCBS-TV News (Los Angeles)
20 May 2008
LOS ANGELES -- A North Hollywood man who allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend and two other people at a Granada Hills church carnival was charged on Tuesday with three counts of attempted murder. Fernando Diaz Jr., 33, is accused of using a semiautomatic .22-caliber rifle to fire into the carnival just before 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic Church. Witnesses told police that Diaz kissed his son, who... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago's Deadly Weekend: 40 Shot - A Chronicle of Gun Injury and Death
Chicago Sun-Times
18 May 2008
Angel Ramirez had Friday off, so he enjoyed a late sleep. At 10 o'clock, his mother called to make sure he was up in time to take his grandfather to the doctor as he promised. Angel jumped in the shower, had a bite for breakfast and by noon was on the way to Stroger Hospital with his grandfather in tow. It was already a beautiful day -- clear skies and bright sun that warmed the air enough to pull tulips from their beds... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nepal
Easy Access to Guns, Official Neglect Fuel Rising Armed Violence in Nepal
IRIN (UN News)
14 May 2008
KATHMANDU -- Civilians are becoming more vulnerable to attack by militant groups and criminal gangs in the Terai region of southern Nepal as a result of the apparent proliferation of small arms and improvised explosive devices, local analysts say. Easy access to guns has led to an increasing number of killings, abductions, attacks and cases of looting and extortion, they said. "The control of small arms still seems to be... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Man Uses Loaded Gun as a Backscratcher, Shoots Himself
Dallas Morning News (Texas)
13 May 2008
A Fort Worth man trying to scratch an itch on his back used a revolver and accidentally shot himself. Jorge Espinal, 44, was drinking beer and playing poker around 3 a.m. Sunday in his home in the 3500 block of Montague Street, when he got up from the table and walked into another room, said Fort Worth police Lt. Kenneth Dean. "He told officers he had an itch on his back and grabbed the first thing he could get a hold of,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey
Turkish Wife Shot, Paralysed by Husband, Focus of Anti-Violence Campaign
Los Angeles Times / AP
11 May 2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Emine Yaman lies in bed, her legs rigid, her feet prone to sores and swelling. Paralyzed by a bullet that her husband fired into her chest, she is the face of domestic violence in a country struggling to discard long-held cultural practices that denigrate women. She wears diapers and reaches for a knotted sheet hanging from an overhead bar to shift her upper body. The weak bones in her 40-year-old hips, knees... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'Careless' Utah Police Chief Shot Himself While Teaching Gun Safety Class
Associated Press
6 May 2008
RIVERDALE, Utah -- The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit. "We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but it looked to me like he didn't know anything about the gun," Lewis Walker said. Bart Ulm, another student seeking certification to carry a concealed weapon, said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Paralysed by Stray Bullet, 7yr-old US Girl Accepts Gunman's Apology
Boston Herald
30 April 2008
Five years after a stray bullet severed her spine as she played on her front porch, 7-year-old Kai Leigh Harriott thanked her shooter today for apologizing from behind bars and urging youngsters to learn from his mistakes. "I would tell him thank you for making an apology because you can inspire so many people by telling them, 'Don't do bad things,' " Kai Leigh said after watching Anthony Warren's videotaped apology at a Dorchester... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Weekend of Gun Violence Kills at Least 7, Wounds Dozens in Chicago
Chicago Tribune
22 April 2008
Weekend gun violence in Chicago that sparked heightened concern from city leaders and the public killed at least seven people and left three dozen wounded, officials reported Monday. The weekend shootings came as warm temperatures in the Chicago area drew many people outdoors. Thirteen of the victims were Chicago Public School students, Mayor Richard Daley said Monday. "One thing we know, it's unacceptable. Whether it's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Sleeping California Woman Takes Bullet to the Head in Memorial Shooting
San Francisco Chronicle
9 April 2008
OAKLAND -- An Oakland woman was clinging to life Tuesday after a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting tore through her bedroom wall and pierced her head while she slept. Shanice Davis, 22, is in grave condition at a local hospital after the midnight shooting, which happened during a street memorial for an Oakland murder victim killed three years ago, police and neighbors said. Three men at the memorial were also struck... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Street Shootings, Gun Culture Spread Rapidly in Indian Capital New Delhi
NDTV-News (New Delhi)
8 April 2008
NEW DELHI -- Three recent separate incidents of shootings in New Delhi underline the rapidly-spreading gun culture. At around 9 pm, four men in a Maruti Zen were stopped by three others in a Honda CRV at the Ashok Vihar market in North West Delhi. Five bullets were fired and two of them were in the air. Two men in the Zen ended up with bullet injuries. Police say personal differences triggered the violence. But both groups... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Ohio Man Took Assault Rifle to Work, Fired Out Window, Shot 14yr-old Girl
Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio)
4 April 2008
A Morrow man who accidentally shot a 14 year-old girl Thursday will answer to a Hamilton County judge at 9 a.m. this morning. Cameron Barrett, 23, is held at the Hamilton County jail this morning on charges of assault, records show. He took an AR-15 assault rifle to work and fired one round into the street, Sharonville police said. The bullet hit a black Dodge Durango through the passenger side door while the vehicle was... ( gunpolicy.org )
Lebanon
Stray Bullets Often Kill Passersby, Children in Lebanese Celebratory Gunfire
Agence France Presse
4 April 2008
The frequent celebratory gunfire in this heavily armed city is killing Beirut, literally, as one man's burst of joy turns into another's mourning. The parents of 14-year-old Ahmed Ali al-Sahili know this all too well -- they lost their son when a bullet pierced his skull as he played outside their home in the capital's suburbs. And Sonia Saade, 49, thought her ulcer was acting up when a pain so sudden and sharp knocked... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Connecticut 9yr-old Steals Gun, Shoots Father: Dad Faces Gun Charges
WTNH-TV News (Connecticut)
3 April 2008
MIDDLETOWN -- A 9-year old son got his hands on one of his father's guns and now the father faces a list of charges. "They were under lock and key," Joseph Simonelli, of East Hampton, said. When asked how his son accessed the gun, Simonelli said, "He broke the lock." Leaving Middletown Superior Court after posting $10,000 bond, Simonelli insists he is a victim, not a criminal. Simonelli was accidentally shot Sunday... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Guns, Fear, the Constitution, and the Public's Health in America - NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine (USA), 358:14:1421-1424, Opinion
3 April 2008
It is 1992, and schoolmates Yoshihiro Hattori and Webb Haymaker have been invited to a Halloween party. Yoshi, a 16-year-old exchange student and avid dancer, wears a white tuxedo like John Travolta's in Saturday Night Fever. By mistake, they stop at a house up the block from their destination. No one answers the doorbell. Inside are Rodney and Bonnie Peairs. She opens a side door momentarily, sees the boys, and yells to her husband,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Violence Survivors Prove One Bullet Can Kill, But Sometimes 20 Don't
New York Times
3 April 2008
A man in North Carolina was shot roughly 20 times in 1995 and lived to tell about it. The rapper 50 Cent was shot nine times in 2000 and has since released three albums. And in 2006, Joseph Guzman survived 19 gunshot wounds during the 50-shot fusillade by police detectives that killed Sean Bell. While surviving numerous gunshots could be a miraculous feat, doctors who have treated gunshot victims say that being shot is not automatically... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Handgun Violence, Public Health, and the Law: America's Situation Today
New England Journal of Medicine (USA) 358:14:1503-1504, Editorial
3 April 2008
Firearms were used to kill 30,143 people in the United States in 2005, the most recent year with complete data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [1] A total of 17,002 of these were suicides, 12,352 homicides, and 789 accidental firearm deaths. Nearly half of these deaths occurred in people under the age of 35. When we consider that there were also nearly 70,000 nonfatal injuries from firearms, we are left with the staggering... ( gunpolicy.org )
Haiti
In Heated Parliamentary Debate, Haitian MP 'Drops' Handgun, Shoots Clerk
Press Association (UK)
2 April 2008
A Haitian MP's handgun went off during a heated debate in parliament, injuring a legislative clerk. Isidor Mercier insisted the gun went off by accident after he bent down to pick up the fallen firearm. The bullet hit the clerk in his right shoulder. But reporters who witnessed the scene said they saw Mr Mercier brandish the gun after another MP accused him of profiting from a scheme that involved the repeated replacement... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canada's 'Wild West' Calgary Plagued by 30% Spike in Shooting Injuries
Calgary Sun (Alberta)
31 March 2008
Harmful and often deadly gunplay that has plagued Calgary streets jumped nearly 30% in 2007, city police stats show. Year-end police statistics reveal the number of shootings causing injuries last year were up 27.8% over 2006 -- from 36 to 46 -- despite that the use of guns in Calgary crept up just 4%. Insp. Guy Slater said the numbers are concerning and pose a public safety threat for law-abiding citizens as well as police... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Public School Students Just Hope to Survive Each Violent Day
Chicago Defender (Illinois)
26 March 2008
Five Chicago Public School (CPS) students were shot and killed in the first two weeks of March, bringing the year's total to 18. But amid the media uproar, a critical set of victims has been overlooked; the students left behind, who struggle to lead normal high school lives in a culture of gun violence and death. The Defender met with a group of 16 and 17-year-old Black male students at John Hope College Prep High School,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Off-duty San Diego Cop Shoots 8yr-old Boy, Mom in Parking Lot Road Rage
Mercury News (California) / AP
25 March 2008
OCEANSIDE, California -- An 8-year-old boy who was with his mother when both were shot by an off-duty San Diego police officer in a parking lot confrontation was hit once in the leg, police said Tuesday. The boy's mother, Rachel Silva, was hit twice in the arm, said Oceanside police Lt. Fred Armijo. Both were hospitalized after the shooting but have now been released. The officer, Frank White, fired five shots during the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Gun Injuries Increase as Armed UK Police Shoot Themselves, Colleagues
Daily Mail (UK)
16 March 2008
The number of armed police officers accidentally shooting themselves -- and other colleagues -- has soared in the past five years. Now, nearly half of all injuries caused by police shootings are the result of officers blasting themselves or a colleague, often during bungled training and demonstrations. Since 2003, there have been seven incidents in which armed police injured themselves or a fellow officer due to the careless... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Church Security Guard Fires at Purse Snatcher, Hits 11yr-old Boy
WDIV-TV News (Michigan)
16 March 2008
DETROIT -- An 11-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the arm by a security guard on Detroit's west side Sunday afternoon after a bullet aimed at a purse-snatcher missed its mark. According to police, a security guard at the Hope Evangelical Ministries Church on Livernois witnessed a man attempting to steal a woman's purse. The guard noticed that the man had a gun and fired a shot at him. The shot missed the man and instead... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado Man Buys Handgun at Gun Show, Unintentionally Shoots Himself
Denver Post (Colorado)
15 March 2008
A 64-year-old Littleton man was leaving the Tanner Gun Show this afternoon when he accidentally shot himself in the stomach with a .38 caliber handgun, sustaining non-fatal injuries, according to the Adams County Sheriff's Department. Richard Steven Brown had just left the gun show at the Denver Merchandise Mart and was in his vehicle when the handgun accidentally discharged. There was no information in the incident report about... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Glock Pistols Under Fire for Explosions, Police Injuries in Florida, Oregon
Ledger (Florida)
13 March 2008
WINTER HAVEN -- The Police Department is ditching $38,000 worth of guns after two .45-caliber GAP Glock Model 37 pistols exploded in separate training incidents a year a part, causing minor injuries to an officer and a cadet. "I've been around 34 years in law enforcement, and we've seen malfunctioning with guns, but never seen it explode," Police Chief Mark LeVine said. "When I've got two guns out of 90 mess up, something's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Tennessee Man Took Stray Bullet to the Brain Watching TV in Memphis
CW30-TV News (Tennessee)
13 March 2008
MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- Police say they may never find the gunman who nearly left a Raleigh man brain dead. Back in January we told you about Dan Hall. Hall was shot by a stray bullet while sitting on his couch, watching television. Since then, he has not been able to work, his bills are piling up and police have made no arrests. It's been 54 days since Dan Hall was shot in the head. But instead of counting the days, he tries his... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mother, Paralysed by Gunfire, Publicly Begs Her Father to Store His Guns
Los Angeles Times
10 March 2008
Julie Alban still grimaces when she passes her old bedroom. "This is where I crawled down the hallway to call 911," she explains, pushing her wheelchair along the polished wooden floor. "I had to pull my whole body with my arms. My elbows were all bloody." What happened that morning 20 years ago altered the course of her life and set the stage for most of what would come. Though paralyzed from the waist down when... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In Argument Over Bad Haircut, Pennsylvania Stylist Shoots Her Angry Client
Associated Press
9 March 2008
WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania -- A hairstylist shot an unhappy client after she complained about her haircut, police said. Lauren Newton, 28, was getting her hair cut Thursday at the home of Monique Reed when the two began to argue about the style, police said. "She (Reed) went to the bedroom, got a gun, fired a shot in the ceiling," Police Chief James Blyth said. Newton, who was trying to flee with her sister, was then shot... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Violence Takes a Larger Toll: Phil Cook on the Cost to Communities
Florida Times-Union
3 March 2008
Economist Philip Cook, professor of public policy at Duke University, will be a guest speaker at today's Mayors Against Illegal Guns conference in Jacksonville. Cook's specialties include research in crime prevention and criminal justice policy. His book Gun Violence: The Real Costs studies the consequences of gun violence. He talked with the Times-Union by phone on Friday. Q: What is the primary cost and consequence of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
The Littlest Victims: Child Survivors of Gun Violence in New Jersey
Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
2 March 2008
Last year, nearly 400 people were shot in Newark. Of them, about 300 survived. Five of the survivors were under the age of 10. Two were younger than 5. One was Quadir Hutchins. This is the story of his remarkable recovery. The Sept. 7, 2007 shooting drew headlines and stoked anxiety in a city already accustomed to violence. Quadir, then 3, was the most innocent of victims -- a toddler riding in the back seat of his sister's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, Scotland
UK Rejects Scottish Government's Call for Gun Law Review, Tighter Control
BBC News
2 March 2008
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has rejected Scottish Government calls for a review of firearms laws. She has also declined an invitation to co-host a firearms summit with Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, saying it would not be "timely". Firearms control is reserved to Westminster, but a series of high-profile shootings have given the issue growing prominence in Scotland. Mr MacAskill pledged to press ahead... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Boy's 'Obnoxious' Text Messages Led to Gunshot Injury at Pakistani School
Daily Times (Lahore)
29 February 2008
ISLAMABAD -- A student on Thursday was accidentally shot and injured in a scuffle between two other students in front of Federal Government Model School for Boys, I-8/4. Industrial Area police said that 16-year-old Abdul Rehman, a grade nine student of the said school, was injured when 17-year-old Ansar Muhammad, a student of private technical institute located in Sector H-8, allegedly opened fire on Usman -- the victim's schoolfellow.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Eight Wounded in Two Simultaneous Los Angeles School, Street Shootings
CBS News (USA)
28 February 2008
LOS ANGELES, California -- At least eight people have been wounded in shootings outside a fast food restaurant and a school in south Los Angeles. LAPD Spokesman Jason Lee says the gunfire happened just after 3 p.m. pacific time outside a Jack in the Box restaurant. Another shooting happened at the same time at nearby Carver Middle School. Two of the injured in that shooting are believed to be students. The fire department... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
Wife Begs Namibian Court to Free Husband Who Shot Her, Children & Sister
Namibian (Windhoek)
27 February 2008
WINDHOEK -- Michael Endjala, the man arrested for shooting four members of his immediate family on October 20 2006, yesterday pleaded guilty to all four counts of attempted murder in the Windhoek Regional Court in Katutura. Endjala (30) is accused of shooting his wife, Priscilla Endjala, in the chest, his wife's sister, Dorothy Gatyehe, in the stomach, and their then eight-year-old son and 16-month-old daughter in the leg and stomach... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
5yr-old Girl Playing, Hit by Stray Bullet: 'Not a Crime' Say Kansas Police
KCTV-TV News (Missouri)
26 February 2008
KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- Doctors are trying to remove a 5-year-old girl who was shot in the head by a stray bullet from life support and start feeding her through a tube, her family said on Tuesday. Katherine Cook was playing in the yard of her rural Leavenworth County, Kansas, home during the weekend with her brothers when the bullet hit her about an inch above her left eye. She was flown to Children's Mercy Hospital,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
High Cost of US Gun Violence: For Each Death, 4 Survivors, Many Paralysed
Associated Press
26 February 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- Antoine Rosenbaum, shot in the back by a stranger and paralyzed from the chest down, carries a heavy load for someone just 25. So does Sophorina Wright as she gets him out of bed, cradles him in her arms and carries his 6-foot frame into their living room. There, the 21-year-old woman seats her husband gently on the sofa, arranges his legs, straightens his feet and settles down next to him to watch TV. "She... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In Wake of Illinois Campus Killings, Angry US Parents Push for Gun Control
Chicago Tribune
16 February 2008
Like other parents, Vickie Dehner was watching television Thursday afternoon when reports of the Northern Illinois University shootings aired. She was in panic mode when the DeKalb Police Department called, telling her that her daughter, Samantha, had been injured. Police allowed Dehner to speak to her daughter. "Mom, when are you coming?" were some of the first words Samantha uttered. Samantha Dehner, 20, was... ( gunpolicy.org )
Thailand, Canada
4 Canadians Shot in Recent Weeks in Thailand: One Hit by Hunter's Bullet
CBC News (Canada)
14 February 2008
A police official in Thailand says a Canadian tourist shot in a northern Thai city may have been hit by a hunter's stray bullet, a news report said on Thursday. Police Lt.-Col Thwatchai Punpigu said Erik Griffioen may have been hit by the bullet of a bird hunter, Reuters news agency reported. Griffioen, a physicist from Dundas, Ont., was shot in the back while riding in an open-sided taxi with his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Ling,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Woman Hurt in Utah Mall Shooting Sues Gun Dealer Who Sold Killer His Gun
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
12 February 2008
Carolyn Tuft, an injured survivor of gunman Sulejman Talovic's rampage at Trolley Square mall a year ago today, has filed a lawsuit against the gun shop where Talovic was illegally sold the shotgun he used to shoot her and kill her daughter. The 3rd District Court lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for Tuft's injuries and the death of her daughter, 15-year-old Kirsten Hinckley. Tuft this morning visited Cabin Fever, the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
66 Shootings, Mainly Non-fatal, Across Japan in 2007 - Up From 53 in 2006
Reuters
7 February 2008
TOKYO -- The number of shootings in Japan rose in 2007 for the first time in six years, police said on Thursday, in a review of a year that included the assassination of a city mayor and gun use involving rival gangsters. Shootings rose to 66 compared with a record low of 53 in 2006, the National Police Agency said in a report. The figure was up for the first time since 2001. "There was an increase in confrontations between... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hotel Guest Injured by Stray Bullet in Lobby of New Orleans Holiday Inn
Times-Picayune (Louisiana) / AP
31 January 2008
An innocent bystander was shot inside the lobby of a Central Business District hotel by a stray bullet from a fight going on outside Wednesday at about 9:30 p.m., said Sgt. Joe Narcisse, a New Orleans Police Department spokesman. A fight broke out outside the hotel in the 200 block of Carondelet Street and gunshots rang out, Narcisse said. After the gunfire stopped, it was discovered that a bullet shattered the window of the Holiday... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Gun Owner's Stolen Pistol Leaves Long Trail of Murder, Violence
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
30 January 2008
A handgun that cost a Toronto bus driver an eye in a Scarborough shooting more than two years ago is believed to have been used in at least four other shootings, including a murder of which two men were convicted this week, police said yesterday. The Belgian-made 9mm Browning that wounded TTC driver Jamie Pereira was legally registered before it was stolen, and by the time it was seized in September, 2006, had left "a trail of destruction,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Philadelphia Gun Victim's Political Defeat Led to Sweet Success, Fulfillment
Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania)
28 January 2008
In politics, as in life, losing sometimes leads to winning. Take the case of Mark Chilutti. Eight years ago, he ran for a Northeast Philly state House seat against then-22-year incumbent Republican power and House leader John Perzel, a man not known for charm. Chilutti was a fresh-scrubbed ex-Eagle Scout, just 32, a gunshot victim in a wheelchair (shot in a 1996 robbery of his jewelry store), a political novice,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada, Saudi Arabia
Canada Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty While Selling Arms to Saudi Arabia
Montreal Gazette (Quebec)
23 January 2008
Armed violence kills 1,000 people and injures another 3,000 people around the world every day. Unless steps are taken to bring the arms trade under control, the toll from armed violence is expected to surpass within a decade the devastation caused by diseases such as malaria and measles. Currently, 8 million new small arms flood the world market every year. According to a global movement against gun violence, the International Action... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago School Guard Shoots 16yr-old Whose Gun Set Off Metal Detector
Chicago Tribune
23 January 2008
An off-duty Chicago police officer on Tuesday shot a 16-year-old boy who brought a gun to a South Side high school, officials said. About 8:30 a.m., the teen, a student suspended from Phillips High School Academy, 244 E. Pershing Rd., went through a metal detector at the school and triggered an alarm, said Mike Vaughn, a spokesman for Chicago Public Schools. A security officer at the school patted down the youth and discovered a... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Enters Tennessee Home, Lodges in 62yr-old Homeowner's Brain
WREG-TV News (Tennessee)
22 January 2008
MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- A Frayser family is both scared and relieved tonight after a stray bullet pierces the window of their home and then pierces the homeowner's skull. It happened at the 2700 block of Scotland. Police told the family, it was a stray bullet from a random shooting. Fortunately, 62-year-old Don Hall is at home recovering. Doctors told him the bullet barely missed hitting a major artery to his brain. He and... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Mayoral Bodyguards' Shootout in Philippines Sparks Provincial Gun Ban
Sun Star (Philippines)
21 January 2008
LINGAYEN -- A total gun ban will be implemented in the province of Pangasinan effective Tuesday, said Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. This directive was triggered by the January 18 shootout in Tayug town between two alleged bodyguards of Tayug Vice Mayor Janet Zaragoza and other two guards of Mayor Carlos Trese Mapili. The incident allegedly started with a heated argument. Tayug Police Chief Sotero Soriano... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Outpouring of Support for 10yr-old California Boy Paralysed by Stray Bullet
San Francisco Chronicle
17 January 2008
The parents of an Oakland boy paralyzed by a stray bullet during a piano lesson said Wednesday they were overwhelmed by the community's support and bear no anger toward the shooter. "I don't want to have hatred in my heart," said Richard Rodriguez, whose 10-year-old son, Christopher, has been in intensive care at Children's Hospital Oakland since last Thursday's incident. "Although, I don't want to see (the shooter's) face, either."... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Hits 10yr-old California Boy Taking Piano Lesson, Paralysing Him
CNN
15 January 2008
OAKLAND, California -- Fifth-grader Christopher Rodriguez sat down Thursday at his piano for his weekly lesson, arched his fingers over the keys and began to play. Across the street from Harmony Road Music School in north Oakland, California, Jared Adams, 24, allegedly raised his gun at a Chevron gas station attendant during a holdup and fired. A bullet ripped through the walls of Christopher's classroom striking him in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Suspect in Shooting that Paralysed 10yr-old California Boy Could Get Life
San Francisco Chronicle
15 January 2008
OAKLAND -- A man who allegedly fired shots during an Oakland gas station robbery, paralyzing a 10-year-old boy practicing the piano across the street, was charged Monday with crimes that could send him to prison for the rest of his life. One of the bullets allegedly fired by Jared Adams, 24, struck Christopher Rodriguez and left him paralyzed from the waist down. Christopher, a fifth-grader at Crocker Highlands Elementary... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Boy Taking Piano Lesson Struck in Abdomen by Stray Bullet
San Jose Mercury News (California)
10 January 2008
OAKLAND -- A 10-year-old boy taking piano lessons at a music school in North Oakland was shot in the abdomen by an stray bullet fired during a robbery across the street late Thursday afternoon. The boy was taken to Children's Hospital Oakland for surgery. He is in critical condition but is expected to survive. Katharine Wells, office manager at the Piedmont Piano Company at Pleasant Valley and Piedmont avenues, said she... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Missouri Chaplain Shoots Police Officer Brother-in-law During Practical Joke
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
3 January 2008
FESTUS -- Police believe that a practical joke led to the shooting of a 23-year-old Ste. Genevieve police officer Tuesday. The rookie officer allegedly faked a break-in around 9:45 p.m. at his brother-in-law's home in Festus, said Festus Police Chief Tim Lewis. "He didn't tell the family he was coming and decided to sneak in the back door," Lewis said. "The resident asked him to call out who he was, and he didn't, and he... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Woman Lifts Champagne to Ring in New Year, Catches Stray Bullet
WOFL-TV News (Florida)
2 January 2008
ORLANDO, Florida -- Titusville resident Regina Lifton was very excited to ring in 2008. This is the year she and her family have been waiting for to relocate to Florida's west coast. Just like millions of people around the country, on the night of December 31, Lifton and her family gathered together, with champagne glasses in hand watching the ball drop in New York's Time Square to toast to the New Year. "I was... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
St. Petersburg, Florida Police Report 16 Stray Bullet Incidents in NYE Gunfire
Tampa Tribune (Florida)
2 January 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- In a single half hour during New Year's Eve festivities, bullets presumably fired into the air in celebration returned to earth, hitting two people and narrowly missing two others, police say. At 12:08 a.m. Tuesday, David Tyson Mink, 23, of Clearwater, was walking with some friends in the 700 block of Third Ave. S. when he felt "something hard" hit him on the left shoulder, St. Petersburg Police Department... ( gunpolicy.org )
Trinidad & Tobago
Stray Bullet Hits 12yr-old Trinidad Boy in Celebratory New Year's Gunfire
Newsday (Port of Spain)
2 January 2008
A 12-year-old boy had his New Year's eve celebration cut short, almost permanently, after he was hit by a stray bullet which still remains lodged in the right side of his chest. Aaron Ford was ringing in the New Year by lighting fire crackers a short distance from his Faustin Trace, Maraval home on Old Year's Night, when the incident occurred. With firecrackers going off noisily all around him, Ford could not say where the shot... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Woman in Alabama Church Hit in Face by Stray Bullet During NYE Gunfire
Mobile Press Register (Alabama)
2 January 2008
A woman inside a Prichard church was shot in the side of her face shortly after midnight on Tuesday, police said, apparently as a result of New Year's gunfire. The woman, whom police did not name, was hit by a bullet that entered through the sanctuary roof at the Showers of Blessings Church of God in Christ, according to Prichard police Maj. Marvin Whitfield. She was taken to the University of South Alabama Medical Center,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Brazil
Celebratory Gunfire Kills Brazilians, Stray Bullets Fly in Rio's New Year Bash
International Herald Tribune / AP
1 January 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- One man was killed and five people were wounded by gunfire at a New Year's bash that drew some 2 million people to Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, the government's official news agency said Tuesday. A 29-year-old man died of a gunshot wound in the stomach, and a 63-year-old woman shot in the back and a 24-year-old man shot in the head were hospitalized in critical condition, the official Agencia Brasil... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Fresno, California Logs 500 Reports of New Years' Eve Gunfire, Stray Bullets
KSEE-TV News (California)
1 January 2008
FRESNO, California -- It seems when the clock strikes midnight, a lot of people forget about the laws of gravity: what goes up must come down. They celebrate the New Year with gunfire, careless of what happens to those bullets. One of those bullets ended up in Jerry Lopez's kitchen in West Central Fresno. "That's the hole where the bullet came through. You can see how big that hole is, all the insulation is on the floor... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
UK Policewoman Shot With Army Pistol: Military Hunts Gun Runners Within
Times (UK)
31 December 2007
A policewoman wounded when trying to catch a burglar was shot with a British army pistol sold on the black market by a soldier, the Ministry of Defence said. Rachael Bown, 24, who intervened in the police pay dispute this month when she accused ministers of lacking respect for officers, was hit by a bullet fired from an army-issue Browning 9mm pistol. The bullet hit her in the stomach, just below the level of her body armour, and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, Iraq
Gun Used to Shoot Policewoman Linked to UK Troops Smuggling Weapons
United Press International
30 December 2007
NOTTINGHAM, England -- Authorities have linked a gun used in a recent attempted homicide in Britain to the country's military. National Ballistics Intelligence Program officers said the weapon used to shoot police officer Rachael Brown in the city of Nottingham was likely smuggled back from Afghanistan or Iraq by British troops, or was stolen from one of the country's military bases, The Observer reported Sunday. While... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq
Iraqis Celebrate by Firing Guns Into the Air, Stray Bullet Hits British Officer
Sky News (UK)
23 December 2007
An RAF officer had a lucky escape despite being hit by a stray bullet during celebratory gunfire by a group of Iraqis. Flight Lieutenant Neil Lawrenson was wearing body armour -- but the round went into his upper arm. However, it entered at such an angle that it left almost no damage and did not hit any bone or muscle. If the bullet, which fell from the sky in Basra, had gone in at a different angle, the British... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
Japan to Review Gun Control Laws After Gym Shooting, Says Prime Minister
Agence France Presse
17 December 2007
TOKYO -- Japan will review its gun control laws following last week's deadly shooting at a sports club in western Japan, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Monday. A man opened fire Friday night at a private gym in Sasebo, western Japan, killing two people and injuring six. "No matter what the reason is, we should not let such a crime happen at any cost," Fukuda told reporters. "There must be problems with usage... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
Nine People Wounded by Celebratory Gunfire at Namibian Wedding Party
Namibian (Windhoek)
17 December 2007
WINDHOEK -- Nine people were wounded when revellers fired shots during a wedding reception at Ombundamuti village in the Omusati Region on Saturday afternoon. The Police arrested three young men but found that only one of them could be charged, said Sergeant Linekela Shikongo. He said it was difficult to figure out who shot whom, because there were many people at the wedding, "dancing, singing and celebrating". "The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Four Killed, Four Wounded in Colorado Church, Missionary Shootings
Agence France Presse
9 December 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado -- Four people were killed on Sunday in two separate shootings at religious establishments in the state of Colorado, local authorities said. The first shooting occurred in Arvada, a suburb of Denver, in the early hours of Sunday when a young gunman opened fire at a Christian missionary center. Two staff members in their mid-20s were killed and two others wounded. The gunman fled before authorities... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Stray Bullet Injures 5yr-old Boy Sound Asleep in Canadian Family Bedroom
Calgary Sun (Alberta)
9 December 2007
A five-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after getting hit in the face by an errant bullet while he slept in an upstairs bedroom of his family's home in Martindale yesterday morning. Inpreet Hundal was sleeping on a mattress next to his parent's bed -- where his father, Balraj, was also sleeping -- when a bullet ripped through the wall, bounced off the ceiling and struck the boy just above the lip at 8:30 a.m. "There was... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
7yr-old Girl Shields Mother in US Family Shooting, Takes 6 Bullets, Survives
Detroit News (Michigan)
5 December 2007
DETROIT -- A 7-year-old-girl is being hailed as an "angel from heaven" and a hero for jumping in front of an enraged gunman, who pumped six bullets into the child as she used her body as a shield to save her mother's life. Alexis Goggins, a first-grader at Campbell Elementary School, is in stable condition at Children's Hospital in Detroit recovering from gunshot wounds to the eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Michigan 8yr-old Uses NRA Safety Instructor's Gun to Shoot 6yr-old Sister
Grand Haven Tribune (Michigan)
19 November 2007
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP -- Police say an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot his 6-year-old sister Saturday at their grandparents' home. The Allegan County girl was listed in critical condition Sunday night after being shot in the abdomen with a handgun at around 2:55 p.m. at the home, 2036 Hayes St. in Marne. "Anytime anyone is shot it's a tragedy," said Sgt. Bill DeWitt of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. "We do have our... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
St Louis 5yr-old Hit by Stray Bullet, Badly Injured While Sleeping in His Bed
St Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
19 November 2007
EAST ST. LOUIS -- A 5-year-old boy went to sleep in his bed Saturday night but awoke screaming in pain from a bullet in his chest, police said. The boy was sleeping when a stray bullet punctured the exterior wall of his mother's two-story apartment building and struck him in his left side. "The child began to scream out, and the mother went up and found the child had been injured," said East St. Louis Police Chief Michael... ( gunpolicy.org )
Switzerland
Swiss Islamic Centre Shooter Used Army Assault Weapon Kept in His Home
SwissInfo
13 November 2007
A lone gunman has used his military assault rifle to fire on a dozen fellow worshippers at an Islamic centre in western Switzerland, seriously injuring one. The latest in a series of incidents involving army weapons -- which all enlisted Swiss men have to keep at home with ammunition -- will add fuel to the heated political debate over reforming the country's gun laws. A 23-year-old local man, described by police as a practising... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
American Tries Loosening Wheel Nut with a Shotgun Blast, Shoots Himself
BBC News
12 November 2007
A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun. The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place. Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris. The man - whom police say was on his own and not intoxicated -- was taken to hospital... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Victim of Unpunished Gangsters' Stray Bullet Launches Civil Suit
Vancouver Sun
10 November 2007
In her two-year battle to recover from a bullet to the head, Laurie Tinga has already shown the fighting spirit her friends and family admire. Now she has begun a different kind of battle with the filing of a civil suit against six gangsters who police believe were behind the shootout that left her an unintended victim. Police and academics say her lawsuit might be a first of its kind in Canada, where criminals are rarely... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
USA: When a National Craving Meets an Irresistible Object, It's Time to Duck
Western Mail (Wales), Column
1 November 2007
The secret of journalism has been distilled to this: "Dog bites man -- not a story. Man bites dog -- story!" But a dog in Iowa triumphantly succeeded in making the news this week when it shot its owner. Thirty-seven James Harris was enjoying the first day of the pheasant-hunting season when his dog stepped on his shotgun and sent the pellets shooting into his calf. In Britain hunting no longer ranks alongside experiments... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Shooting Survivor Sues 6 Men for Damages: No Police Charges
Vancouver Province
30 October 2007
Laurie Tinga, who was shot in the head while sitting on the couch in her Port Moody living room two years ago, has filed a lawsuit for damages against six men, even though no charges have been laid in the shooting. A writ filed in B.C. Supreme Court names Anil Atwal, Parminder Gill, Hardeep Sull, Bobby Gill, Andrew Singh and Andrew Stewart, all of "address unknown." Tinga alleges her brain injury was caused by "multiple... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Paralysed Canadian Stray Bullet Victim Sues Six Men Accused of Shooting
CKNW News (Vancouver)
29 October 2007
PORT MOODY -- Two years ago she was shot in the head with a stray bullet... Now a Port Moody woman is suing a group of men believed to be suspects in the case. Laurie Tinga has been confined to a wheelchair after being shot in the head while watching TV. No one has ever been charged in the case, but now she's suing six men: Anil Atwal, Parminder Gill, Hardeep Sull, Bobby Gill, Andrew Singh and Andrew Stewart. In... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, Scotland
Most Scottish 'Firearm' Injury Caused With Airguns: Many Children Hurt
Herald (Scotland)
24 October 2007
The number of people killed or injured by firearms in Scotland has risen by a quarter in the past year, prompting fresh calls for Holyrood to be given more powers over gun control. Figures published yesterday by the Scottish Government revealed that 247 firearms incidents resulted in death or injury in 2006-07, compared to 197 the year before. One-third of casualties were children and more than half of the incidents involved... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, Scotland
Higher Scottish Gun Injury Figures Attributed to Airguns, Reporting Changes
BBC News
23 October 2007
The number of people injured by guns in Scotland has reached a 10-year high, according to new figures. The number of incidents rose from 197 to 247, with the number of people injured up by 26% from 189 to 239. The annual statistics showed that guns killed eight people last year, the same death toll as in each of the previous two years. Air weapons accounted for 144 of those injury cases recorded by police, according... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Philadelphia Gun Violence Epidemic 'Has to Be Treated as a Disease'
ABC Radio (Australia) / AM, Transcript
22 October 2007
TONY EASTLEY: In the United States there were almost 15,000 murders last year and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) says guns were used in three-quarters of the killings. Yet in some states like Pennsylvania, getting a gun is almost as easy as ordering a pizza. In the state's largest city, Philadelphia, hundreds of people are being shot dead each year and police have no real idea of how many weapons there are out... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Most Victims of Gun Violence Survive: How, Why, and What's It Like?
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
20 October 2007
Two years after being shot four times, Shaquan Cadougan still aches from the bullet lodged near his bladder, says his mother, Suzette. Another, embedded in his left instep, often causes his foot to itch. But considering the sheer force his nearly five-year-old frame absorbed, and the severity of his wounds, Shaquan has virtually made a full physical recovery. His mother is more concerned with his emotional wounds now that he's getting older... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Cost of Firearm Injury Soars, Yet Pols Still Resist Gun Control in 'Killadelphia'
Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania), Editorial
18 October 2007
The three people leading the march up North Broad Street in the Gun Violence Survivor's Walk and Rally this week were a poignant reminder of the havoc guns play on lives. Those three people couldn't march. They pushed themselves along in wheelchairs. They were gunshot survivors, their lower bodies left useless by their wounds. Their participation drove home a greater point that often gets overlooked in our obsession with... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Staff 'Too Busy' to Check Why 14yr-old Ohio Shooter Had Guns at School
Sydney Morning Herald / AP
12 October 2007
The brother of an Ohio high school student who shot and wounded four people before killing himself was led out of his home in handcuffs by police officers on Thursday, as family members looked on and called his name. Officers placed Stephen Coon in the back of an unmarked car, then several officers went into the house. It was unclear why Coon was being taken into custody. "Please have respect, I just lost my brother," Coon... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NY Teen Heard Street Fight, Looked Out Window, Caught Stray Bullet in Face
NY1 News (New York)
11 October 2007
A Brooklyn teen remains in critical condition this morning after being shot in the face by a stray bullet, as police continue the search for the person who pulled the trigger. Police say Tavin Alves was hit by a bullet while leaning out a second floor window at his home on Cooper Street in Bushwick early yesterday. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says there was a dispute on the street below, and that Alves may have leaned... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Latest Student Shooting Just One of Many School Gun Incidents in Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio)
10 October 2007
Wednesday's shooting spree at SuccessTech Academy was the bloody climax to a week's worth of gun-toting incidents across the Cleveland school district. Oct. 3: A 16-year-old Margaret Ireland School student was arrested after school security officers found a loaded .25-caliber handgun with a six-shell clip in his book bag. The boy told officers he paid $25 for the weapon and carries it for protection. He was arrested after a gang... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Looked Out Window, Caught a Stray Bullet: 16yr-old Brooklyn Boy Critical
Daily News (New York)
10 October 2007
A Brooklyn teen whose family was about to move from its bullet-riddled block was shot in the head at his home Tuesday, the victim of a stray round, police and witnesses said. Tavin Clarke, 16, looked out the window after hearing gunfire outside his apartment on Cooper St. in Bushwick about 2:30 a.m. and was hit in the face with the errant shot, police sources and relatives said. He wasn't found by his family for 2½ hours.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Suspended 14yr-old Student Shoots 4, Kills Self in High-achieving US School
Associated Press
10 October 2007
CLEVELAND -- A 14-year-old suspended student, dressed in black, opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself. A fellow student at SuccessTech Academy alternative school said Asa H. Coon, who was suspended for fighting two days earlier, had made threats in front of students and teachers last... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Assault Rifle Used in Tacoma Mall Shootings, 7 Shoppers Injured: Guilty Plea
Associated Press
2 October 2007
TACOMA, Washington -- A gunman who told 911 dispatchers to "follow the screams" before wounding seven people in a shopping mall and taking four others hostage for several hours was convicted Tuesday of attempted murder and other crimes. Dominick Sergio Maldonado, 22, could be sentenced to more than 150 years in prison for the 15 convictions in the Nov. 20, 2005 rampage, which left one victim partially paralyzed. His defense... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Son of Philadelphia Gun Control Campaigner Shot in Street, Spine Severed
Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)
28 September 2007
Lance Haver slept at home Wednesday night for the first time this week. The mayor's consumer advocate, who has long been an outspoken supporter of gun control, has been camping out at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where his son, Daren Dieter, is in the intensive-care unit. The 24-year-old artist and insurance salesman was shot Saturday night when he and his date were about to drive away after stopping at Shrimpy's Bar in West... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Minneapolis 16 & 17yr-olds Shot at Crowd: 12yr-old Girl Not Expected to Live
Pioneer Press (Minnesota)
27 September 2007
There were two teens, two guns and a disagreement over how much respect should be afforded a gang that goes by the name "Stick Up Boys." After the pair -- one 16, the other 17 -- jumped out of a black SUV and unloaded their shotgun and handgun indiscriminately into the crowd gathered in the street, an innocent bystander, 12-year-old Vernice Hall, lay grievously wounded with a bullet wound to the head. Today, Hennepin County... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Anchorage Thief Steals Glock from Car, Fiddles With It, Shoots Himself
Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)
22 September 2007
A man who stole a gun from a parked car shot himself in the leg only moments later as he fiddled with the weapon, Anchorage police said Friday. The man, who has not yet been charged with a crime, was roaming among parked vehicles in an East Anchorage neighborhood, stealing valuables, when he came up with the handgun, according to police. He was accompanied in his exploits that day, Sept. 7, by an unnamed woman who was driving a... ( gunpolicy.org )
Yemen
Yemen Tries Gun Ban, Seizure, Destruction in Move to Curb Firearm Deaths
Reuters AlertNet / IRIN
20 September 2007
SANAA -- "Guns have caused us to suffer and lead a miserable life," said Ashwaq Mohammed, 27, remembering her husband who was killed four years ago in a shooting incident. "My husband was waiting for lunch in our yard when his close friend jokingly pointed a pistol at his head. A bullet was fired and ended his life." Ashwaq, from Sanaa Province, is a mother of five, has no job and depends on her family to survive, but her... ( gunpolicy.org )
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