Australia
Stray Bullet from Sydney Gunfight Killed Passing Truck Driver 200m Away
Sydney Morning Herald
27 June 2009
The stray bullet that killed the truck driver Bob Knight as he drove home through Milperra on Thursday night traced an "incredible" trajectory. From a gunfight in a car park it flew nearly 200 metres over other cars, between billboards and a line of trees, across six lanes of highway before striking Mr Knight as he sat behind the wheel. That bullet has been recovered by police and now forms a key part of the investigation... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama Decision Raises Fear of Gun Violence in US National Parks
New York Times
28 May 2009
The call came in shortly after midnight at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park in central California. Numerous shots had been fired in the park's popular Sentinel campground, which was packed at the time with campers. When park rangers arrived, they found terrified campers who told them a man, presumably frightened by a black bear foraging for table scraps, emerged from his tent firing into the dark. Rangers collected nine bullet... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Year Reveller Aimed at Streetlight, Killed Woman, Girl with One Shot
Associated Press
14 May 2009
DENVER -- A Denver man accused of firing a gun into the air and killing a woman and an 11-year-old girl as he celebrated the new year has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors. The Denver district attorney's office says 27-year-old Pedro Cortez pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of manslaughter. He faces probation to 24 years in prison at sentencing set for July 10. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss Cortez's remaining... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Target Shooting Neighbour's Stray Pistol Bullet Kills Indiana Man in Bed
Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
11 March 2009
A Morgan County man fatally shot Monday might have been hit by a stray bullet fired through nearby woods. Sheriff's detectives and forensic investigators today are piecing together the events that killed 35-year-old Jason Breisch in his bed. Investigators believe a neighbor was shooting a .45-caliber handgun into a wooded area between the homes. They think the bullet passed through the woods, over a ravine between... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama Teen Shoots Himself During Failed Illegal Gun Purchase
WAAY-TV News (Alabama)
23 February 2009
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A Huntsville teen is recovering after being shot in the leg overnight. Huntsville Police say the told officers he was considering buying a gun from a man he didn't know, when things went terribly wrong and he shot himself in the leg. The teenage boy told police the ordeal started near the corner of Mastin Lake road and Blue Springs around 11:30 Sunday night. He told officers he accidentally... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Massachusetts Suburb Hit by Stray Bullets, Locals Try to Close Gun Club
Quincy Patriot-Ledger (Massachusetts)
3 February 2009
BROCKTON -- Three months after a stray bullet crashed through the window of a Heritage Trail home, residents have asked a judge to halt gunfire at the nearby Scituate Rod and Gun Club. Fifteen plaintiffs, all residents of Heritage Trail and Clapp Road, have requested an injunction that would temporarily stop the club from using its ranges -- which they believe are the source of four stray bullets that have entered their neighborhood... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Random US Shooter Killed, Injured Exchange Students from 6 Countries
Seattle Times (Washington)
26 January 2009
One of two teenage girls killed when a gunman fired into a crowd outside an under-21 nightclub in Portland on Saturday night was a Peruvian exchange student living in White Salmon, a small community across the border in Washington state. "She was a happy, bubbly person," said Lori Stadler, whose family was acting as host for the 17-year-old girl while she attended Columbia High School in White Salmon. The girl's name was... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Legal-gun Shooting Funeral Brings Fresh Call for Toronto Handgun Ban
National Post (Toronto)
26 January 2009
There were fresh calls for a handgun ban yesterday, as one murdered Toronto bystander was laid to rest and two men accused of killing another appeared in court. Hou Chang Mao was honoured in a Buddhist ceremony in a small chapel on Spadina Avenue, his children sombre and wearing white. "As a citizen of this city, we urge the government to control guns so that something like this will not happen anymore," Qing Guan Wang,... ( gunpolicy.org )
New Zealand
Innocent Teenager Killed by Stray Police Bullet in New Zealand Shootout
3 News (New Zealand)
24 January 2009
It is a black day for New Zealand's police force. They have admitted this afternoon that the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) killed an innocent teenage father in yesterday's motorway shootout. Seventeen-year-old Halatau Naitoko, known as Tau, was shot in the chest as police attempted to stop a gun-toting offender who had just led them on a high-speed chase around Auckland. A post-mortem on his body revealed the police had made... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet from Vermont Rifle Range Probably Killed College Professor
WCAX-TV News (Vermont)
19 January 2009
BURLINGTON, Vermont -- The investigation into the fatal shooting of a St. Michael's College Professor in his Essex home has stalled. John Reiss, 73, was shot dead in his home by a stray bullet four months ago. But police say they're waiting for ballistic tests before deciding whether to file criminal charges. Police say four men had been using a nearby rifle range when Reiss was killed. They surrendered their rifles for... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wrong Man May Have Confessed to Texas .50cal Sniper Rifle Shooting
WFAA-TV News (Texas)
14 January 2009
FORT WORTH -- There is new information on the shooting of a woman at Texas Motor Speedway. The wrong man may have turned himself in. A stray bullet hit Jill Moss as she cooked inside her RV in November. The Fort Worth Police Department is reviewing new evidence. The day a stray bullet hit Moss, finding the shooter was like looking for a needle in a haystack; .50-caliber bullets can travel for miles. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Oregon Man Tosses Handgun Onto Bed, Bullet Hits Woman Next Door
Associated Press
4 January 2009
PORTLAND, Oregon -- Police arrested a Portland man accused of accidentally shooting his neighbor Sunday. The Portland Police Bureau says 45-year-old Alvert O'Neal Jr. threw a handgun on his bed and it discharged, sending a bullet through an apartment wall and into the shoulder of his sleeping neighbor. The 46-year-old woman was treated Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Her name is being withheld until Monday. O'Neal has... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Infants, Children Among 14 New Year's Eve Stray Bullet Victims in Manila
Philippine Star
4 January 2009
MANILA -- A bullet fired carelessly into the air on New Year's Eve found its mark in the head of a six-year-old girl in Bacoor, Cavite. The bullet lodged in the skull of Melody Medina, who is now fighting for her life at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Her mother Lea was shocked to learn that despite her warnings to her six children against using firecrackers, Melody found herself in the list of the growing number of people... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Stray New Year's Bullet Seriously Wounds 3 Week-old Girl in Philippines
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2 January 2009
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines -- A three-week-old baby girl remains in critical condition after a stray bullet hit her in the back during New Year's celebration in Dasmariñas Cavite, police said Friday. Inspector Raul Bolido of the Dasmariñas police said the mother, Joan Abara, was carrying her infant when a stray bullet from the back of their house in the village of Sto. Nino II hit the child at around 12 a.m. Thursday.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Guam
Stray Bullet Hits 6yr-old Girl in the Head in Guam Celebratory Gunfire
Pacific Daily News (Guam)
2 January 2009
A 6-year-old girl who was struck in the head by a stray bullet while watching fireworks about 1:30 yesterday morning is in stable condition at Guam Memorial Hospital, said Guam Police Department Sgt. Richard Cress. Emily Mae Caalim, daughter of Mamerto Caalim and Elmie Caalim, is scheduled for surgery to remove the bullet today. Cress said he suspected the bullet was fired upward as part of a New Year's Eve celebration and police... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
San Francisco DA Calls for 'Meaningful National Gun Policy' to Cut Murders
San Francisco Chronicle
2 January 2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- It's been more than three months and the rainy season has begun, but the memorial to Caprisha Green remains, ringing a tree near her home with photos, cards, candles, flowers and liquor bottles. A neighbor tends to it, tidying a monument to one of San Francisco's messiest problems. A bubbly 19-year-old with a 1-year-old daughter, Green became the 77th homicide victim in San Francisco in 2008 when she was hit by... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Philippine Police List 37 Recent Stray Bullet, Celebratory Gunfire Injuries
Philippine Star
2 January 2009
Rains did not dampen the traditionally boisterous New Year's Eve celebration, with two people killed and 346 injured during the revelry. The Department of Health (DOH) said the number of firecracker-related injuries and people hit by stray bullets was "significantly" reduced to 346 cases with no casualties on record. Police, however, reported two casualties during the New Year revelry in Navotas and Valenzuela City. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NY's Eve, Chicago: 262 Shooting Reports, 30 Celebratory Gunfire Arrests
Chicago Sun-Times
2 January 2009
Chicago Police were patrolling the West Side as New Year's Eve turned into 2009 when officers say they spotted a 23-year-old woman standing in front of her Austin home, firing a handgun into the midnight air. Deonnaca Gipson, of the 5000 block of West Superior, was among 30 people arrested across the city as the new year rang in. Her .40-caliber semiautomatic Glock was one of 75 seized in Chicago overnight as officers in the city... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Dallas Police Field 1,564 Complaints of Random New Year's Eve Gunfire
Associated Press
2 January 2009
DALLAS -- A woman was slightly injured by a stray bullet that fell from the sky in downtown Dallas early New Year's morning and grazed her left shoulder, police said Friday. It was the only injury reported from the 1,564 calls of random gunfire Dallas police received from 11 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday, Dallas Police Sgt. Gil Cerda said. Last year there were 1,107 calls in Dallas, he said. Stray bullets damaged the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Town Mulls 300-yard Buffer Zone After Hunter's Bullet Hits Daycare
Baltimore Examiner
1 January 2009
Hunters in Howard County could face increased safety restrictions under new proposal by County Executive Ken Ulman who was outspokenly alarmed this month when a hunter's stray bullet shattered the window of a Clarksville day care center. Howard police said the shot was fired from well beyond the 150-yard buffer zone required by state law. But Ulman's proposal, which he plans to introduce at the County Council meeting Monday,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Stray Bullets Kill Pedicab Driver, Wound Community Chief, Boy in Manila
GMA (Manila)
1 January 2009
MANILA, Philippines -- Stray bullets killed a pedicab driver and wounded a barangay chief and a 12-year-old at the height of clashes between gang members in Manila in the early hours of New Year's Day. At around 1:45 p.m., Edna Ramos, chief of Barangay 119 in Tondo, was in the barangay hall on Coral Street when she heard a commotion outside. As she was about to step out to check, stray pellets from a sumpak, an improvised... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet from New Year's Gunfire Seriously Injures Houston Man
KHOU-TV News (Texas)
1 January 2009
HOUSTON -- Earlier this month, local law enforcement warned about the dangers of bringing in the New Year with gunfire. Nonetheless, guns were blazing on Clay Landing and Bridgewater Meadow in West Harris County. As a result, a Houston man is recovering in the hospital from a gunshot wound. Police say he was hit by a stray bullet that came through the wall of his home. It's not clear who fired the shots,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
One US Town Gets 119 Gunfire Reports, AK-47 Fired, 7yr-old Girl Shot
WKRG-TV News (Alabama) / AP
1 January 2009
MOBILE, Alabama -- Celebratory gunfire from New Year's Eve injured a 7-year-old girl in Mobile. Police said the girl was taken to the USA Children's and Women's Hospital after being hit in the leg by a stay bullet around 2:30 a.m. on Fairmont Street. Police spokeswoman Jacqueline Bridgeforth said Thursday the girl's injuries were minor. The girl's name was not made public. Mobile police said they received 119 calls... ( gunpolicy.org )
Italy
Italian Killed, 3 Injured by Stray Bullets: Women Vow 'No Sex for Revellers'
Agence France-Presse
1 January 2009
Stray bullets claimed the life of one Italian and wounded three others in separate incidents as revellers fired guns into the air to mark the New Year. In southern Naples, a 25-year-old was hit in the head by a stray bullet while he and his mother were on a balcony watching celebrations in the streets below. In three cities near northern Milan, a 10-year-old girl, a 35-year-old woman and a man, 42, were hospitalised after... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Miami Campaign Aims to Curb Stray Bullets, Celebratory Gunfire Injuries
NBC6-TV News (Florida)
31 December 2008
MIAMI -- Miami officials held a news conference asking residents to put an end to firing weapons. People have died from stray bullets and officials want to make sure it doesn't begin in 2009, NBC 6's Ian Wood reported. Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson held a rally, called "No More Stray Bullets" on the south side of N.W. 61 Street and N.W. 12 Avenue on Wednesday, urging residents not to shoot guns into the air when celebrating New... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Celebratory Gunfire Killers Face Murder Charge, Warn Arizona Police
Arizona Republic
31 December 2008
West Valley police are reminding residents not to fire guns in celebration of New Year's. Firing weapons into the air is illegal and dangerous, they say, because when the bullets come back down, they are traveling fast enough to kill someone. Police want community members to remember: - A bullet fired into the air can climb up to two miles. When it falls back down, it can reach a speed of 300 to 700 feet per second.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Los Angeles Police Will Charge Celebratory Gunfire Killers with Murder
Los Angeles Police Department, Blog
30 December 2008
As New Year's Eve approaches, the Los Angeles Police Department along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department is launching its Citywide Gunfire Reduction Campaign. This campaign is designed to help reduce incidents of indiscriminate gunfire that have become a deadly New Year's tradition in our city. The Gunfire Reduction Campaign aims to advise the community that ringing in the New Year with gunfire will not be tolerated in the City... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullets Fly, Gun Crime Rolls On as LA Collects, Seizes 8,000 Guns
Los Angeles Times
29 December 2008
The Los Angeles police and county sheriff's departments cautioned the public today about firing guns in celebration of the New Year and demonstrated one of the many tools they have to track down shooters during the holiday and year-round. "We know what goes up must come down, and what comes down does so with unpleasant circumstances," said Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca during a news conference at the Lynwood sheriff's station.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama Must Reverse 'Reckless Move' to Allow Hidden Guns in US Parks
San Francisco Chronicle, Opinion
29 December 2008
With its days numbered, the Bush administration has made an unnecessary and dangerous change to a 25-year-old regulation that bans concealed, loaded firearms in America's national parks and wildlife refuges. This regulation, created by the Reagan administration, has done an outstanding job of making these special places among the safest in the nation. And it did so without imposing unreasonable restrictions on gun owners -- it merely... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Philippines Police Seal Their Officers' Guns to Prevent Celebratory Gunfire
GMA News TV (Manila)
27 December 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- With two cases of stray bullet victims recorded by the Department of Health one week before the New Year, the Eastern Police District and Bulacan Police have both opted to seal their men's guns. A report from QTV's Balitanghali said that the sealing of firearms is part of the Philippine National Police's (PNP) annual campaign Oplan Iwas Paputok. Reporter Rida Reyes said that the PNP leadership was... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Manila Prepares for Celebratory Gunfire Season, Stray Bullet Injuries
GMA News TV (Manila)
27 December 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A week to go before the New Year, at least two cases of stray-bullet injuries have been confirmed, health secretary Francisco Duque III said Saturday. Duque admitted being alarmed over the incident, adding it eclipsed the 58-percent drop in firecracker-related injuries so far this year. "Ito nakakaaalarma. May naulat na dalawang confirmed cases ng stray bullet injuries. Ibig sabihin, may nagpapaputok... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Crime, Stray Bullet Survivors Urge Toronto Handgun Ban [Part 2 of 2]
National Post (Toronto)
26 December 2008
[Continued from Part 1 of 2] Sean: It's accessibility. He wasn't supposed to be carrying a gun. The fact that the attitude seems to be, it just seems so easy for them to have a gun or get a gun. It makes no sense to me how casual the younger people seem to be. What do you think has caused this shift in attitude? Susan: I think to some extent with the video games and the violence in movies and the violence on TV,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Crime, Stray Bullet Survivors Urge Toronto Handgun Ban [Part 1 of 2]
National Post (Toronto)
26 December 2008
In 2008, the shooting deaths of several innocent Torontonians rocked the city. In June, Dylan Ellis and Oliver Martin, both 25, were killed while waiting for a friend in an SUV parked on Richmond Street West. In January, John O'Keefe, a 42-year-old father, was walking home along Yonge Street when he crossed into the path of gunfire and was shot in the head. This Fall, we were also made to remember the Boxing Day 2005 shooting death... ( gunpolicy.org )
Israel
Bedouin Child Killed While Playing with Dad's Licensed Gun in Negev
Jerusalem Post (Israel)
26 December 2008
An eight-year-old Beduin boy died Friday morning of a stray gunshot to his head. The boy and his younger brother were allegedly playing with their father's licensed gun near Hura in the Negev. Family members evacuated the mortally wounded child to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, where he was pronounced dead. Police arrived at the site of the incident and have launched an investigation. ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Years' Gunfire, Stray Bullets Won't Be Celebrated by California Police
Press-Telegram (California)
24 December 2008
LONG BEACH -- If it goes up, it will come down, warns the Long Beach Police Department. Police on Wednesday were reminding residents that firing gunshots into the air to celebrate New Year's Eve can be dangerous and could result in jail time. While some residents fire guns into the air as a way to ring in the new year, the police department says a falling bullet can be enough to penetrate the human skull. In California,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
74yr-old Florida Motorist Hit in Head by Stray Bullet While Driving Home
WPTV News (Florida)
17 December 2008
RIVIERA BEACH, Florida -- He survived his second heart attack two and a half weeks ago, and turned 74 on Sunday. E.T. Strickland already thought he was lucky to be alive. Now, he knows he is. Strickland and his wife Pam were driving home from dinner on Broadway in Riviera Beach around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night when a stray bullet pierced the drivers side window of their white Mercedes Benz. Pam Strickland tells NewsChannel... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Jersey Trial Shows How Lax Gun Laws Make it Easy for Gunrunners
Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
14 December 2008
Donna Mack knew something was wrong when she heard a car roaring toward the Newark street corner where she had just left her younger sister. But there was no time to react. She saw a hand come out of the passenger's side window. A flash of gunfire, two pops. Then she watched from across the street as her sister, Cynthia Mack, fell to the sidewalk, a stray bullet in her head. The 39-year-old single mother of two died immediately,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NY Hunters' Stray Bullets Kill One Child, Pierce Another Baby's Mattress
News 10 Now (New York)
9 December 2008
MARSHALL, New York -- Nine-month-old Josh Knapp is all smiles as he walks across what is now his old mattress. Saturday morning his parents heard what sounded like drawers slamming. What they discovered in his room nothing to smile about. "We went upstairs and we noticed a hole in our son's mattress, right through his crib. We still didn't know what happened and we kept looking around we see some debris on the floor and we looked... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Devastatingly Destructive .50cal Sniper Rifles, Pistols Should be Banned
Philadelphia Inquirer, Editorial
6 December 2008
A densely populated and industry-rich state like New Jersey doesn't need more people carrying .50-caliber rifles capable of hitting a target from miles away. These devastatingly destructive weapons should be banned. In the coming weeks, state Assembly members can take the first step toward doing just that -- by approving a measure that would halt the sale of the rifles, now legal even under New Jersey's restrictive gun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Seeds of National US Gun Control Battle May Be Sown by Seattle Mayor
Los Angeles Times
25 November 2008
SEATTLE, Washington -- Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival is a throwback to the hippie days, a laid-back celebration of folk music, grilled salmon and sandals with socks in a city that has always considered laid-back a point of civic pride. So when 19-year-old Joshua Penaluna felt a sharp pain in his wrist after two men came bursting toward him through the crowd at last May's festival, he assumed he had merely broken a... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pittsburgh Insists on Renegade Law to Deter Sales of Guns to Criminals
Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh)
21 November 2008
Pittsburgh City Council members on Thursday vowed to pass legislation that would punish gun owners who fail to report lost or stolen guns within 24 hours, even if the measure lands the city in court. "I say, bring it on," Councilwoman Tonya Payne said during a public hearing. "If they want to take us to court, I say we go to court." The legislation targets handgun "straw purchasers," people with clean criminal records who... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Gun Culture Promotes Violence, Arms Race in Philippines: Let's Say No
Manila Times, Opinion
20 November 2008
Another sad, senseless death and it's Christmas season. A nine-year-old child was shot to death yesterday -- hit right in the heart. Another random killing, another family broken, another injustice. Perhaps it is to be expected in this land of ours where everyone packs a gun or intends to, finances allowing. Our fetish with guns and the awesome destructive power that comes with them is a product of several factors. The long years... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Cellphone Dies, Louisiana Man Survives, Hit by Stray .45 Slug from Woods
Times-Picayune (Louisiana)
20 November 2008
When Ronald "R.J." Richard jumps on his tractor to do yard work, he normally clips his cell phone to the hip pocket of his overalls. But Saturday he decided to hook it to bib of the garment, just over his heart. It was a decision made without a second thought, but it was one that might have saved Richard's life a short while later. "Something hit me in the chest really hard, " said Richard, who initially thought he had... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Kills Man at His Computer: Second Similar Killing in Memphis
Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
15 November 2008
Nothing about the stray bullet that killed an innocent man Nov. 7 surprised Tom Givens. As a matter of fact, carelessness is what the Memphis gun instructor expects from street marksmen who get their weapons training from TV and the movies. John Baker, 55, died after a stray shot struck him in the head while he was using a computer at his home on 4875 Foyle Way in Southeast Shelby County. Kwane Morris, 19, and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Father of Boy Killed by a Stray Bullet Takes On the Global Gun Trade
Edinburgh News
8 November 2008
It would have been easier, certainly less distressing, for David Grimason to have quietly grieved the loss of his young son, who was shot dead by a stray bullet as he slept in his buggy at a Turkish holiday resort café, and left the fight against the horrors of guns to someone else. He might then have managed to avoid the misery of witnessing first-hand the horrors the international arms trade has inflicted on some of the poorest... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Woman Hit by Stray .50 Calibre Sniper Rifle Bullet at Texas Speedway
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas)
4 November 2008
FORT WORTH -- Kerry "Jill" King had just finished breakfast Sunday when, she said, what felt like a bolt of lightning ripped through her recreational vehicle at Texas Motor Speedway. "The explosion was so loud," she said Monday. Dazed, the 62-year-old Arlington woman's first reaction was to check the stove's butane tank. As she turned, she realized that her right arm was dangling and useless. "I starting screaming... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Woman Hit by Stray .50 Calibre Sniper Bullet at Texas NASCAR Race
Associated Press
4 November 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A NASCAR fan in her recreational vehicle at Texas Motor Speedway was wounded by a stray bullet after someone apparently fired a gun into the air, police said. A bullet suddenly pierced through the motor home's roof Sunday morning before the Dickies 500 race, hitting a woman in the right arm, relatives said. "She immediately (screamed), 'I've been shot. I've been shot.' She took off running out the door,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Man Fears His .50cal Bullet Might Have Hit Woman 8kms Away
Dallas Morning News (Texas)
4 November 2008
Fort Worth police are investigating reports from a 49-year-old Benbrook man who says he may be responsible for the stray bullet that hit an Arlington woman Sunday morning at Texas Motor Speedway. Kennith Jaramillo contacted Fort Worth police on Monday after hearing that Jill King Moss, 62, was hit in her arm by a .50-caliber bullet that pierced the roof of her RV, authorities said. Ms. Moss was taken to Harris Methodist Hospital... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas 2nd Amendment Guy on Wife's .50cal Shooting: 'There is a Limit'
Dallas Morning News (Texas)
3 November 2008
A stray bullet struck a woman in her camper Sunday morning at Texas Motor Speedway. The .50-caliber bullet pierced the roof of Jill King Moss's RV, hit her arm and lodged in a wall. The bullet's trajectory indicated that it came from a long distance away, Fort Worth police told WFAA-TV (Channel 8). Her husband, Melvin Moss, said Monday that his wife was in good condition at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital.... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
Pretoria ANC Boss Killed 3yr-old in Creche with Stray Bullet, Say Police
Star (Johannesburg)
29 October 2008
The father of a 3-year-old boy who was shot and killed at a creche on Tuesday afternoon has condemned the shooter as irresponsible. Gwadico Balang junior, 3, was hit by a stray bullet while playing in the Sunbeam Playground creche in Westdene. Speaking on Talk Radio 702 on Wednesday morning, the Pretoria-based police captain, also named Gwadico Balang, said the shooter was familiar with the area and should have been more... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hunting Group Say 15yr-old Utah Boy Killed by Stray Bullet, Not Dad's Gun
Ogden Standard-Examiner (Utah)
23 October 2008
FARR WEST -- As a kid, Nick Joynt loved to play cops and robbers, and every time, he insisted on being the cop. He even told friends he wanted to be a Texas Ranger when he grew up. The 15-year-old Fremont High School sophomore occasionally wore boots and a cowboy hat and recently joked to friends that one reason he wanted to move to Texas was because all the girls from there on MySpace liked him. But Joynt's dreams of living... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet from Parking Lot Kills Georgia Mother of 3 in Her Apartment
Fort Mill Times (South Carolina)
21 October 2008
DECATUR, Georgia -- A mother of three children is dead after DeKalb County police say a stray bullet went into her apartment. The woman's three children -- ages 11, 9 and 8 -- were in the home at the time but were not hurt. Police said they don't know if the children saw the shooting. DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish says the woman, whose name was not released, was struck in the back around 9 p.m. Monday. She... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Death: Vermont Town Could Even Ban Gunfire in Back Yards
WPTZ-TV News (Vermont)
21 October 2008
ESSEX, Vermont -- The Essex Select Board is reviewing the town's firearms ordinance after a man was killed by a stray bullet last month. John Rice, 73, was killed in his own home after a shot was fired from a rifle used during a target practice session in a neighbor's yard, police said. The Select Board is looking into changing the rules on where people can fire a gun in Essex. Right now, people can shoot a gun in certain... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Sleeping at Home, 4 Year-old Girl Killed by Stray Bullet in Philippines
Daily Star (Visayan)
21 October 2008
A 4-year-old girl was killed Sunday reportedly after being hit by a stray bullet in the head, in Brgy. Santa Cruz, Murcia, Negros Occidental. The victim who was identified as Jenwell Iwayan, 4, was sleeping with her parents inside a "cuartel", when gunshots were heard Saturday night, Senior Inspector Rico Santotome, of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, said. Iwayan, daughter of migrant couple who are farm... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Fired by 14yr-old Boy Kills 16yr-old Girl in San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
20 October 2008
Jonisha Tucker caught a 5:45 a.m. bus every school day to make a 1½-hour trip to George Washington High in the Richmond District, taking her far from her housing project in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. Family members hoped the school -- along with their supervision -- would protect her from the drugs, gangs and violence surrounding the Alice Griffith housing development, where the 16-year-old girl grew up... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Wedding Ceremony Stray Bullet Kills Pakistani 2yr-old in Mother's Lap
Daily Times (Lahore)
19 October 2008
RAWALPINDI -- Despite Regional Police Officer (RPO) Nasir Khan Durrani's strict action against inefficient police officers, there is no letup in crime as 12 people including three women were killed in separate incidents during last week. An increase in fatal road accidents was also observed during last week as six people including two women and a minor were killed in the limits of Taxila, Chontra, RA Bazaar and Civil Lines police... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Stray Bullet from Police Gun Range Kills Passing Farmer in Bangalore
Times of India / TNN
13 October 2008
BANGALORE -- A civilian was killed by a stray bullet which was fired during shooting practice at the Aralur KSRP range near Hoskote on Sunday. Subbanna (52), a farmer from Solur village, was walking towards a temple near the KSRP range in the afternoon when the tragedy occurred. He is survived by wife, two sons and two daughters. According to police, a state-level meeting was on and the police personnel who had gathered... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Boss of Chicago Schools Counts 'Whole Classrooms' Dying by Gunshot
Chicago Sun-Times
8 October 2008
His voice quaking with emotion, Chicago Schools CEO Arne Duncan refused Tuesday to accept an anti-gun violence award, saying "I don't feel I've earned it" with student deaths on track to double this school year. Duncan left the Abraham Lincoln Award from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence on a sidetable, but walked away from the lecturn at the Ritz Carlton to a standing ovation from an obviously moved audience. But... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Stray Bullet Kills 16-year-old Standing at 2nd Floor Window in Philippines
GMA News TV (Manila)
2 October 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Police in Quezon City are now looking for a man who fired his gun, after a stray bullet from the weapon hit and killed a 16-year-old boy. Radio dzBB reported early Thursday that the victim, initially identified as Ralph Ronald Mamos, died before doctors at the General Malvar Hospital could treat his injuries. The boy died from a gunshot wound to the side of the body. The bullet exited through his... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
71-year-Old New York Woman Latest Hit in Rash of Stray Bullet Injuries
WCBS2-TV News (New York)
1 October 2008
BROOKLYN -- Another innocent person was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A 71-year-old Brooklyn woman has become the latest victim of a stray bullet. East Flatbush has been swarming with extra police since Tuesday night, focusing in on even minor things that would usually get just a warning. There! Look! Outside that store! A quick frisk of his boots and socks and a man was taken away in a van, not so much for what he may have... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey
Soaring Gun Numbers, Gun Death, Gun Crime Draw Protests in Turkey
Today's Zaman (Istanbul)
29 September 2008
Firearm ownership in Turkey has reached alarming figures, with the number of guns in the country estimated at 8 million, more than twice what it was seven years ago. According to current figures, 9 percent of the nation owns a firearm. Turkey has approximately 2.5 million registered guns, while an estimated 5.5 million guns are believed to be owned without licenses. The number of individuals with access to a firearm in their family... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Sleeping 4-month-old Boy Killed in Night Attack on Detroit Apartment
Detroit Free Press
28 September 2008
A sleeping 4-month-old boy was killed early this morning by one of multiple bullets fired into an apartment on Detroit's west side, city police said. Walter Bogan III was shot about 4:30 a.m. inside a second-floor apartment at 18300 Lahser, said Detroit Police Deputy Chief Marshall Lyons. A couple of armed men went up an outside staircase outside the second floor apartment and opened fire, shooting 10 to 15 shots into the apartment.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hunter's Stray Bullet Kills Retired Vermont Teacher at His Dinner Table
Boston Globe / AP
25 September 2008
ESSEX, Vermont -- Police aren't saying whether the gunman in the fatal shooting of a retired professor will be charged, or who he is. John Reiss, a 73-year-old father of seven who taught English at St. Michael's College in Colchester, was hit by a stray bullet by someone firing a rifle during a target practice nearby Tuesday. A single bullet passed through a window and hit him in the torso as he was eating dinner in his Old Stage... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Innocent Student Bystander Blinded Amid Flurry of Calgary Gun Violence
Calgary Herald (Alberta)
18 September 2008
A summer of gun violence came to a crescendo Wednesday with a bystander left permanently blinded and Calgary's mayor calling the shooting "a very dark day in Calgary's history." Police have warned for months that escalating gun violence in Calgary would crash headlong into the life of an innocent victim. On Tuesday night, that became reality when a 24-year-old Brazilian student was shot in the head near Chinatown. "One... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Stray Bullet Hits, Blinds Brazilian Student, 'Innocent Passerby' in Calgary
CBC News (Canada)
17 September 2008
A man who was shot in the face and blinded while walking in downtown Calgary was an innocent bystander, police said Wednesday. The 24-year-old Brazilian student was walking with his girlfriend in the 500 block of Centre Street South near the James Short parking garage at 10 p.m. Tuesday when he was hit in the face by a single bullet, Chief Rick Hanson said. The shot came from a park down the street where the shooting suspect... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Stray Bullet from Indian Army Rifle Range Kills Young Man in Gujarat
Sindh Today / Indo Asian News Service
13 September 2008
JAMNAGAR, Gujarat -- In a freak accident, a man who was standing outside his house in Jamnagar district was killed by a stray bullet that came from a nearby army firing range, the police said Saturday. Kunwarsinh Jovansinh Damor, 20, was standing outside his house at 9.30 a.m. Saturday in Dared village, 7 km from here, when a stray bullet from the firing range where the army and navy personnel were practising hit him in the chest... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey, United Kingdom
Scottish Gun Death Toddler's Dad in Plea to End Turkish Arms Culture
Evening Times (Scotland)
11 September 2008
The father of a Scottish toddler shot dead on holiday today called on the Turkish government to tackle the country's "enormous" gun culture. David Grimason, from East Kilbride, travelled to Izmir, in Turkey, to join a demonstration calling for tighter gun controls. In July 2003 his two-year-old son Alistair was shot dead after a gunfight broke out in a café in the coastal resort of Foca. His mother and grandmother... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Memphis Woman Killed by Stray Bullet While Watching TV, 4 Charged
ABC24-TV News (Tennessee)
8 September 2008
MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- Police say four men have been charged in the case of a woman who died after she was shot in the head by a stray bullet, while she was watching TV. According to Memphis Police Homicide investigators, the shooting happened at the Hillview Apartments in South Memphis, around 10:15 p.m., Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Detectives say when officers arrived at the apartment they found 56 year-old Mary McKinney on the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Cop's 'Stray' Handgun Bullet Kills 12yr-old Girl in Philippines Traffic Stop
ABS-CBN News (Philippines)
7 September 2008
A 12-year-old girl died when a stray bullet from a police officer's gun struck her in Pasig City late Saturday night. The victim, Rodalyn Ferrer, was playing in front of her home in Barangay Pinagbuhatan when the stray bullet from the pistol of Police Officer 3 Gerardo Javier of the Eastern Police District hit her. Moments earlier, a resident named Jun Cayabyab said he was on his motorycle with his child when Javier accosted... ( gunpolicy.org )
Colombia
Colombian Govt Ignores 2-million-signature Gun Ban Petition [Espanol]
El Tiempo (Colombia)
28 August 2008
[Translated summary: The Mayor of Bogotá vows to restrict civilians carrying guns in public places, after an eminent university professor was killed by a pedestrian firing at someone he believed was about to steal his car]. El hecho ocurrió hace 2 meses. La iniciativa había sido radicada a finales del 2007 y liderada por los ex alcaldes Lucho Garzón, de Bogotá, y Juan Manuel Arango, de Pereira. Alcaldía de Bogotá... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama Neighbours Spray Bullets at Each Other: 17yr-old Girl Dies
New York Times
18 August 2008
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- People hit the Alabama ground the other night when another argument by gunfire broke out in Birmingham. Not everyone got back up. The bicker of bullets sent a retired couple, the Readuses, low to the floor: Calvin in the bedroom, where he had been watching the Olympics, and Gloria in the kitchen, where she had been reading Proverbs, third chapter, fifth verse. Only a sustained quiet raised them up again, with... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Jersey Shootings, Gun Thefts Highlight Need for Tough Gun Control
Star-Ledger (New Jersey), Editorial
16 August 2008
One day before 15-year-old Bukhari Washington of Newark was killed while sleeping in his bed, shot in the back of the head with an illegal assault rifle fired in the apartment one floor below, two men surrendered to authorities on charges that they stole 146 pistols and were selling them on the streets of Jersey City. In one case, a promising young life snuffed out for no reason. In another, dozens and dozens of handguns loosed... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Newark Student Fiddles with Assault Rifle, Kills 15yr-old in Room Above
New York Times
15 August 2008
NEWARK -- On Thursday morning, two young men were in their bedrooms, safe and separated by only a ceiling. In the apartment upstairs, Bukhari Washington, 15, had just gone to sleep. At work at the local recreation center the previous day, he and four friends had practiced lip-synching New Edition's "Candy Girl" for a coming talent show. After work, he and his best friend, Daquan Cuttino, shot hoops and went to see the latest Batman... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Man 'Fiddles' with His Assault Rifle, Kills 15yr-old Asleep Next Door
Associated Press
14 August 2008
NEWARK, New Jersey -- A 15-year-old boy asleep in his bed was fatally shot Thursday by a bullet fired from an apartment below. Bukhari Washington was found by his mother, who ran into his room after she heard the shot about 9 a.m., police said. Police said a single round from a military-style semiautomatic rifle pierced the floor of the teen's room and struck him in the head. He was pronounced dead at nearby University... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Innocent Bystander Killed by Stray Bullet in London Street Shooting
BBC News
4 August 2008
A man killed in a shooting at an east London pub was an innocent bystander, police have said. Carl Gbedmah, 47, was hit in the head by a stray bullet as he stood outside the Live and Let Live pub in Romford Road, Forest Gate, on 1 August. Police said the shooting happened when two groups of males clashed in nearby Sprowston Road. Mr Gbedmah was found by officers called to reports of a disturbance and the sound... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
North Dakota Pistol Range Closed After Stray Bullet Hits Nearby Home
Associated Press
1 August 2008
JAMESTOWN, North Dakota -- Stutsman County authorities say an officers pistol range has been closed after a stray bullet landed in a couple's yard. Sheriff David Orr said Si and Martha Liechty were in their yard last week when the bullet hit their house and bounced to the ground. Martha Liechty said the bullet landed near the couple's feet. Orr said the bullet was fired by a Highway Patrolman at the shooting range. He said... ( gunpolicy.org )
France
Drunken Frenchman Unintentionally Fires Gun, Kills 4yr-old Girl [Francais]
TF1-TV News (France)
1 August 2008
[Translated summary: A 4-year old girl was killed in Pont-sur-Yonne, France, when a drunk man accidentally discharged the rifle he was handling]. YONNE -- Une fillette tuée d'un coup de fusil lors d'une soirée alcoolisée Elle jouait non loin d'un homme qui a tiré, apparemment accidentellement en manipulant un fusil, alors qu'il avait bu, mercredi soir à Pont-sur-Yonne. C'est un drame vraisemblablement accidentel... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Buyback Collects 6,848 Guns, Assault Weapons for Destruction
Chicago Sun-Times
1 August 2008
Mayor Daley today cracked the door open to abandoning the costly fight to uphold Chicago's 1982 handgun freeze -- if he can fashion a replacement ordinance that protects the safety of first-responders. Until now, Daley had emphatically promised to defend Chicago's ordinance -- all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, if need be -- despite what he called the dangerous precedent set by the nation's highest court. On June 26,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Grandmother Killed, Teen Girl Injured by Stray Bullets in California Street
KTVU-TV News (California)
29 July 2008
RICHMOND, California -- A 50-year-old grandmother watching her grandchildren was killed and a teenage girl injured by stray bullets after a gunman opened fire outside a Richmond apartment building Monday night. Authorities identified the dead woman as Lisa Washington, who family members say was just watching the children and talking with neighbors when the bullet cut her down. "I'm upset about it," Washington's daughter,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Stray Bullets, Celebratory Shootings, Political Gun Killing in Pakistan
Daily Times (Lahore)
27 July 2008
KARACHI -- An elderly man was shot dead over his political affiliations on Saturday, while two others were killed in separate incidents. According to details, 60-year-old Ashfaq, a resident of Bhittai Colony, Korangi Crossing, was shot six times at Juna Market, within the jurisdiction of Risala Police Station. According to Enquiry officer Nawaz, two men on a motorcycle shot Ashfaq using 30-Boor pistols. The deceased used to run... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Man with Handgun Shoots Three Students in Dispute at Arizona College
Associated Press
25 July 2008
A long-standing dispute between two men turned violent when a former student shot three people in a computer lab at a community college, injuring one of them critically, authorities said. The suspected gunman was arrested nearby. The shooting Thursday afternoon at South Mountain Community College was part of an ongoing feud between the suspect and one of the victims, said Sgt. Andy Hill, a spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Anger in Connecticut as Stray Bullets 'From Gun Range' Pepper Homes
Hartford Courant (Connecticut)
23 July 2008
DURHAM -- The Blue Trail Range & Gun Store in Wallingford is preparing to reopen three of its four firing lanes, residents learned at a meeting Tuesday night. The decision to reopen the lanes came, Blue Trail lawyer Martha Dean said, only after significant and expensive improvements were made to the safety of the 100-yard rifle range and to business operations, including range security and record keeping. The tense but... ( gunpolicy.org )
Jordan
Celebratory Gunshots, Stray Bullets Often Cause Injury, Death in Jordan
National (Abu Dhabi)
17 July 2008
AMMAN -- Bayan Tayeb turns two this month, but unlike most toddlers her age, she cannot walk, talk or see thanks to a stray bullet that struck her right eye and damaged her brain last year. She was the victim of a celebration, not a war. Bayan was sitting on her mother's lap in the front garden of their home in a suburb of the capital of Amman, when revellers at a wedding fired a gun in celebration. "I thought she was hit... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Wedding Party Celebratory Shooting Kills Another Passerby in Karachi
News (Karachi)
13 July 2008
KARACHI -- Two people were killed by stray bullets in separate incidents reported on Saturday in the Gizri and Baghdadi police limits. On Friday night, 35-year-old Mohammed Ashraf was passing through a lane near his house. A wedding ceremony was underway in the lane in the Gizri police limits. A stray bullet shot in the air hit Ashraf, and proved fatal. The police said that the deceased had been working as a cook for the past 15... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Pierces Bedroom Wall, Kills Cleveland Man Inside His House
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio)
13 July 2008
Carlos Rodriguez was just about to slip into bed when a bullet meant for someone else tore through his bedroom wall and struck him in the chest. Another gunbattle on Cleveland streets. Another Clevelander killed. Most homicide victims are targets of the crimes. But the past three weeks have been particularly deadly for Clevelanders minding their own business. On June 27, 75-year-old Daniel Lewis was sitting... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Control in America Is Probably a Lost Cause: 'Country Is Nuts on Guns'
News-Leader (Missouri), Opinion
13 July 2008
I had given the speech and was taking questions from the audience (always easier than giving a speech). A man asked me if I had any ideas about how to achieve a rational system of gun control in this country. My answer surprised me. "No," I told him. "I've given up on gun control. That battle is over. We've lost. I no longer think it's an achievable goal and if I were a politician I wouldn't lose an election over it." ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Stray Bullet Kills Housewife Working in Kitchen in Philippines
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12 July 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A 58-year-old woman was killed by a stray bullet while working in the kitchen of her house in Quezon City. Haydie Padilla of Evangelista Street, Barangay (village) Payatas A, succumbed to a bullet wound in the back while undergoing treatment at East Avenue Medical Center. Police Officer 3 Randy Bantillo of the Quezon City Police District Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU) said Padilla... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Two Texas Girls, 15 & 17, Killed by Stray Bullets in Separate Shootings
NBC-5 TV News (Texas)
7 July 2008
DALLAS -- A teenage girl was killed late Saturday by a stray bullet, the second stray-bullet death in as many days, police said. The victim, identified by the Dallas medical examiner as Juanita Payne, 15, of Dallas, was killed Saturday night while attending a birthday party in the 1100 block of East Redbird Lane, police said. Witnesses said that at about 11:15 p.m. a fight took place inside a teen club where a birthday... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Target Shooter Kills 7yr-old Neighbour on Trampoline, Gets 8 Years
Associated Press
4 July 2008
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Central Texas man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of his 7-year-old neighbor has received an eight-year prison sentence. Jose Barrera Espitia told investigators that he was target shooting in the backyard of his rural Hays County home in April 2007 when he accidentally hit and killed the boy, who was jumping on a trampoline. Espitia said he did not see Daniel Galicia jumping... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Kills 17-year-old Texan Woman in City Street
Dallas Morning News (Texas)
4 July 2008
A 17-year-old woman was killed by what police believe was a stray bullet Friday evening in southeast Oak Cliff. Police said a man opened fire about 5 p.m. during a disturbance outside an apartment in the 5700 block of Highland Hills Drive, and one shot struck C'andrea Donnelle inside the apartment. She died at a local hospital. Police did not release any more information about the incident. ( gunpolicy.org )
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 )
United States
Stray Bullet Kills 15yr-old New York Boy, Walking With Friend in Harlem
New York Times
30 June 2008
A 15-year-old boy was killed early Sunday by what appeared to be a stray bullet while walking with a friend in Harlem, the police said. Nathan Allsbrook may not have been the intended target, the authorities said. The boy, Nathan Allsbrook, was shot about 2:30 a.m. at the corner of 127th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, near a deserted site where an apartment building was under construction, the police said. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Fired 'Several Hundred Feet Away' Killed Connecticut Woman
Hartford Courant (Connecticut) / AP
30 June 2008
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- New Haven officials say a woman has died after she was apparently hit by a stray bullet from nearby gunfire. Police say the fatal shooting Sunday apparently happened during an exchange of gunfire in the area of Winthrop and Derby Avenues. One of the shots hit the woman in the chest outside a home. A city hall spokeswoman says police believe the fatal bullet was fired from "several hundred feet... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stroke Victim Relaxing Outside Cleveland Home is Killed by Stray Bullet
Associated Press
29 June 2008
CLEVELAND -- A stroke victim who had gone outside in his wheelchair to get some fresh air at the urging of relatives was struck and killed by a drug dealer's stray bullet, police said. Two men were arrested Saturday after one of them turned himself in and provided information about the shooting the night before. The men, 26 and 27, have not been formally charged in the death of Daniel Lewis. "It's a tragedy, a man minding... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey
Celebratory Shooting, Stray Bullet Injury Require Urgent Action - Turkish MP
Today's Zaman (Istanbul)
27 June 2008
ANKARA -- A member of Parliament's Human Rights Commission has recommended that a parliamentary commission should be set up to address the problem of deaths and injuries caused by stray bullets fired into the air in celebration, a common problem in much of Turkey. Speaking to Today's Zaman, Democratic Society Party (DTP) Diyarbakir deputy Akin Birdal stressed that a cultural and social transformation was needed to prevent deaths... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey
Turks Wound At Least 23, Firing Guns in Air to Celebrate Soccer Win
International Herald Tribune / AP
21 June 2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- At least 23 people across Turkey were wounded by stray bullets following the firing of shots across the country to celebrate the win over Croatia in the European Championship quarterfinals. Governor Muammer Guler said Saturday that 11 people were accidentally shot in Istanbul, the country's largest city where all night festivities were the wildest. Twelve other people, including a 10-year-old girl and... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria
Stray Bullet from Police Rifle Kills Boy, Shatters TV in Nigerian Sitting Room
Daily Trust (Abuja)
18 June 2008
MINNA -- A 14 year old boy, Abubakar Onifade was killed in Minna on Monday night by a stray bullet from a police officer while watching television in his father's sitting room. Our correspondent gathered that the stray bullet which went through the door of the sitting room hit the boy, an SS2 student of Hill Top Secondary School Minna on the chest and shattered the television screen. It was also gathered that the tragedy... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
15yr-old New York Youth Killed 10yr-old Girl with 'Neighbourhood Gun'
ABC News (USA)
17 June 2008
A teenager is expected to plead not guilty today to charges that he shot and killed a 10-year-old girl with a "community gun" that he allegedly claims was shared by "everyone in the neighborhood." Kathina Thomas was killed late last month after a stray bullet, allegedly fired by 15-year-old Jermayne Timmons, struck her in the back. The crime has shocked the city of Albany and prompted law enforcement to ramp up a crackdown on so-called... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York Must Not Tolerate 'Absurdly Easy Access to Guns' Among Youth
Albany Times-Union (New York), Editorial
12 June 2008
The community that still mourns the death of Kathina Thomas in Albany's West Hill has a new battle to wage. It must act upon the unsettling possibility that not only was a 10-year-old girl murdered by a stray bullet, but one from a stray gun. The battle to prevent another death like this begins in earnest only when the community makes it clear that it won't tolerate the availability of illegal guns, particularly among young people.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey
Increasing Armed Violence by Licensed, Unlicensed Turkish Gun Owners
Turkish Daily News
9 June 2008
Turks are already regrettably accustomed to media reports about victims of stray bullets at wedding ceremonies and New Year's parties, where some people lose their lives and others -- sometimes even children -- become murderers in a heartbeat. The percentage of those using licensed guns in crimes in Turkey has increased, police data reveals, while experts who spoke with the Turkish Daily News warned that the state must not give... ( gunpolicy.org )
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