United States
Indiana Gunsmith Gets 60 Days for Killing Neighbour with Stray Bullet
Associated Press
9 February 2010
MARTINSVILLE, Indiana - The gunsmith who fired the stray bullet that killed a man as he slept in his central Indiana home has been sentenced to 60 days in jail. John Graf of rural Monrovia apologized during a Morgan County court hearing after pleading guilty to a felony criminal recklessness charge in the death last March of 35-year-old Jason Breisch. Graf had trouble looking at Breisch's widow and three children as he spoke. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Rash of Gun Robberies Prompts Uganda to Disarm Private Security Firms
New Vision (Kampala)
3 February 2010
KAMPALA -- Government is considering withdrawing fire arms from private security firms. State minister for internal affairs Matia Kasaija says some officers from private security organisations have been implicated in using their guns to rob and kill innocent people. Kasaija said private security companies will now have to use batons to carry out their work. ( gunpolicy.org )
Netherlands Antilles
Gun Battle Erupts, Revolver Found in Netherlands Antilles School Bus
Daily Herald (St Maarten)
30 January 2010
CUL DE SAC -- Police held nine teens and seized a revolver after a gang clash in Cul de Sac that led to a shooting from a school bus Friday afternoon. A gang from the district allegedly attacked the school bus near Cake House bakery and supermarket. A passenger retaliated, firing at least one gunshot from the bus window, police said. Witnesses remember hearing two gunshots. One didn't come from the bus. A stray bullet struck... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Miami's 'PR Nightmare' as 6yr-old Italian Boy Hurt by Celebratory Gunfire
Miami Herald
21 January 2010
The 6-year-old Italian boy struck by a stray bullet during last week's New Year's Eve celebration was in "good spirits" at a Miami hospital on Monday, while police continued their investigation into a shooting that made headlines overseas in Europe. Andrea Fregoneses, whose family was visiting Miami as tourists from Italy, was expected to recover from a bullet wound to the stomach. Meanwhile, fears waned among tourism executives... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Saskatoon Man Flaunted Rifle, Shot 6yr-old Girl Sleeping in Next Room
CBC News (Canada)
14 January 2010
The man who carelessly fired a rifle inside a Saskatoon home, hitting a sleeping child in the next room, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The girl, Letisha Kishayinew, was six years old when the shooting took place Jan. 16, 2009. The bullet travelled through an interior wall of the home before striking the child. Spencer Wapass, 21, and another man were arrested within a week of the shooting. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Boy Killed in Georgia Church by NYE Celebratory AK-47 Bullet
Sydney Morning Herald
5 January 2010
A four-year-old boy has been killed by a falling bullet that was fired into the air during New Year's Eve celebrations in the US. Marquel Peters was playing a video game inside a church in the state of Georgia when the bullet pierced the roof and hit him in the head, local media reported. He collapsed on the floor alongside his parents, bleeding, and was taken to hospital where he died. "I saw his Nintendo game... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mississippi Gun Owner Charged with Shooting in Neighbour's Dispute
Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi)
3 January 2010
A dispute over fireworks led to the arrest of a Moss Point man after a bullet from a gun he fired into the air landed in his neighbor's house. Kevin Hinton, 27, of Moss Point was arrested for shooting into an occupied dwelling after an altercation with neighbors in Hattiesburg. Police said an altercation occurred because someone wouldn't stop shooting fireworks in the 100 block of East Eighth Street around 10 p.m. Friday.... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
Bust Yields 10 Stolen Firearms, Owners Urged to Lock Up Guns in Gauteng
South African Press Association
18 December 2009
"A total of ten stolen firearms were recovered when these arrests were made," said Senior Superintendent Eugene Opperman. Those arrested will appear in different courts in the province shortly. Opperman said legal gun owners should take steps to safe-guard their firearms and ammunition over the holiday season. "Firearms should be securely locked away in a prescribed safe, or otherwise it should be in the possession... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Gun Shows, Pawn Shops Fuelled New York Gun Running Gang
New York Times
23 November 2009
Against a backdrop of recent shootings of bystanders, including a 13-year-old boy from Queens and a 15-year-old girl from the Bronx, city officials and members of a civil rights group took action against gun violence on Monday, albeit in different ways and at different events. At City Hall, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and other officials announced they had broken up an illegal gun-sales operation in Brooklyn, while in Times Square... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Innocent Shot Woman Latest of 400 Serious Hunting Accidents in Virginia
Roanoke Times (Virginia)
19 November 2009
There have been nearly 400 serious hunting-related accidents in Virginia since 1998, but Jessica Goode's death Wednesday was unusual. Victims are rarely nonhunters. Of 39 firearms-related hunting fatalities in Virginia since 1998, none involved a nonhunter, according to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries spokeswoman Julia Dixon. But the circumstances of Wednesday's shooting, in which authorities say... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Man Fires Shotgun at Wall, Hits Woman Neighbour in Face
Florida Today
26 October 2009
PALM BAY, Florida -- A convicted felon fired a shotgun blast through his bedroom wall Sunday morning, striking an unsuspecting 50-year-old woman in the head and face in the apartment next door, Palm Bay police said. The shooting occurred at 9:15 a.m. in Building 1500 of the Windwood Apartments, a complex just northeast of the Palm Bay Road-Babcock Street intersection. Police arrested William L. Santana, 53, and charged... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
92-Year-Old Bronx Woman Killed in Her Living Room by Stray Bullet
Daily News (New York)
21 October 2009
A 92-year-old woman struck by a stray bullet in her Bronx living room used her last moments of strength to crawl to a phone and call her best friend for help. Sadie Mitchell -- a beloved "mother to everyone on her block" who always carried fresh roses to church -- was still alert when she dialed her pal minutes before she died. "She said, 'I've been shot,'" said neighbor Mary Fields. "I couldn't believe it. I said, 'What... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Show Footage Exposes Deadly Lawlessness, Lies of US Dealers
Daily News (New York)
8 October 2009
Mayor Bloomberg is sending every member of the U.S. Congress a DVD of a new reality show called "Gun Show: Undercover." The three-minute, 35-second DVD is produced by Bloomberg, who hopes to shame Congress into finally closing the "gun show loophole" that puts guns by the thousands in the hands of violent criminals. The DVD features hidden-camera footage of a city-funded undercover investigation into out-of-state gun shows... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Cheap Handgun 'Fires On Its Own' at Florida Gun Club, Shoots 3 People
St Petersburg Times (Florida)
5 October 2009
TAMPA -- Michael Thourot had just pulled his hand away from the warm metal when it started spewing bullets. Moments before, Sherri Thourot had watched her husband fire and reload the Jennings 9mm. Then he set it down for her to shoot next at the range. That's when the handgun started firing on its own, she said, spinning around in circles, landing the Thourots and an Irish tourist in the hospital. "Nothing like... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Drunk, Law-abiding US Gun Owner Shoots Into Neighbour's Apartment
Washington Post
27 September 2009
Like a lot of bachelors, Russ Castle often eats cereal for dinner, sitting in front of a TV in a sparsely decorated apartment. Such was the case late one night this week. Cream of Wheat, with a little milk. Unknown to the 37-year-old at the time, his next-door neighbor, Gaithersburg Assistant City Manager Fred Felton, was cleaning his Ruger .357 magnum, according to court records made public Thursday. "What the hell?" Castle... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Shot Fired, Man Charged with Reckless Gun Use at US Gun Rights Picnic
Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)
25 September 2009
SOUTH HAVEN, Michigan -- A Kalamazoo man attending a gun-rights picnic at South Haven's South Beach has been charged with reckless use of a firearm after his weapon discharged, police said Thursday. Jonathan Wayne Sager, 28, was unloading his semiautomatic handgun and preparing it for transport after the Sept. 13 picnic when it discharged at 5:44 p.m., said Chief Rod A. Somerlott of the South Haven Police Department. A... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gang Gunplay Kills Mom Protecting Kid as She Leaves Bronx Laundry
Daily News (New York)
23 September 2009
She was the most innocent of victims -- and died protecting her little boy. A single mom was struck and killed by a stray bullet Tuesday when she walked out of a Bronx laundermat, smack into the crossfire of a gang gunfight, police said. Aisha Santiago, 25, was hit in the chest as she attempted to take cover with her 9-year-old son on the doorstep of her building on E.146th St. in Mott Haven shortly before 3:30 p.m. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Bill Regulating Ammunition Sales Would Save Lives in California
Los Angeles Times / Capitol Journal
21 September 2009
Guns don't kill people, it's true. Bullets do. "Without ammo, a handgun is only good for pistol-whipping someone," notes Assemblyman Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles). "Ammo is the lifeblood of a handgun." On Sept. 11, the last day of this year's regular legislative session, De Leon narrowly won final passage of a bill to regulate sales of handgun ammunition. The assemblyman has a long list of gang shooting horror... ( gunpolicy.org )
Thailand
Theft of 300 Army Guns Began 5-year Killing Spree in Southern Thailand
Bangkok Post
6 September 2009
There isn't a single shop in the South of Thailand where a gun can be bought legally, but statistics revealing the number of people killed or injured by small arms point to the rise of a gun culture, especially in the three southernmost provinces, driven in part by the basic instinct of self protection. The prevalence of small arms -- weapons which can be easily carried by an individual -- has been the trigger point of so much chaos... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Grandfather Set Up Shooting Range, 5yr-old Killed by Airgun Pellet in UK
Sky News (UK)
27 August 2009
A five-year-old boy who tragically died after being shot in the head with an air rifle was playing on a shooting range set up by a friend's grandfather, it has emerged. Joe Cooke and his family were on holiday in Wiltshire Jonathan Cooke, known as Joe, was staying at the family friend's home with his mum and two brothers when he was hit. The owner, Bernard Allnutt, had helped Joe's brothers and two grandsons set... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Law Abiding Gun Owners, Politicians Spray US Town with Machine Guns
Grand Rapids Press (Michigan)
23 August 2009
EVART -- When Rudolph Tuten and his wife heard machine guns firing near their home July 18, they did not expect the bullet that hit the side of the garage. "We thought the war was over here," said Tuten, who was standing in the backyard when a bullet pierced the vinyl siding. "All of a sudden: Kaboom! It could have killed someone. " The bullet came from a shooting demonstration more than a mile away on a farm owned by Kent... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq
Kurds Give Guns to Supporters, Celebratory Gunfire Injures, Kills Dozens
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
18 August 2009
SULAIMANIYAH and ERBIL -- Weapons loudly welcomed the outcome of Iraqi Kurdistan's latest political contest, and may even discreetly have helped determine it. In the run-up to last month's election, politicians gifted guns to prominent supporters. When the results were announced, celebratory gunfire streaked the night skies. Opposition leaders said the weapons had been dished out to buy votes. Their rivals denied this,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Teen Who Killed 1, Wounded 4 on Chicago School Bus Gets 100 Years
Chicago Tribune
21 July 2009
Two years ago, Blair Holt's father says he apologized to his son as he kissed and stroked his lifeless child's face and tried to wipe away dried blood from his ears and nose. "I'm so sorry, son, I should have been there to protect you," Ronald Holt, a Chicago police officer, recalled telling his slain son in May 2007. But on Monday, Holt said he can finally breathe a sigh of relief after Michael Pace, the gunman who killed... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Packing Heat, Strolling Free: Feathery Gun Crime Sentences in Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald
20 July 2009
In the middle of the afternoon of November 29, 2006, four hard men from the Lebanese community had a business meeting at the corner of Burwood Road and Livingstone Street, not far from the centre of the Burwood shopping centre. The meeting did not go well. Bashar Ibrahim, a relative of the Ibrahim brothers, some of whom have been involved in multiple violent crimes, allegedly including a fatal brawl in an arrival hall at Sydney... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Cleaning Rifle, Australian Man Shoots Neighbour Through 2 Shed Walls
Australian Associated Press
13 July 2009
A man has accidentally shot his neighbour through two shed walls while cleaning his rifle. A live round remained in the .222 rifle as the man cleaned it in his back shed on a property at Dennington, near Warrnambool, last night. The rifle discharged, sending the bullet through the shed wall and into a neighbour's shed, where it grazed the neighbour's leg. The injured man was taken to hospital at Warrnambool for... ( gunpolicy.org )
Papua New Guinea
Grandmother Shot Dead in Bed as PNG Police Chase, Shoot Suspects
Post-Courier (Port Moresby)
13 July 2009
Three young people lost their sole parental figure, grandmother Taita Kiroki, to a stray bullet in a gun battle between police and alleged car thieves in a Port Moresby settlement early Saturday. Bubu Taita, as she was known, heard gunshots, raised her head to see what was happening and was struck by a bullet in the neck. Family members say her head dropped to the pillow. Her three grandchildren had been reared by "Bubu... ( gunpolicy.org )
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 )
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 )
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 )
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 )
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 )
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 )
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
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 )
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
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 )
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 )
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 )
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
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 )
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 )
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
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 )
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
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
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
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 )
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 )
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 )
Philippines
Philippine 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 )
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 )
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 )
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 )
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 )
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 been... ( 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
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
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
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
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
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 )
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 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 )
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 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 Philippine Traffic Stop
ABS-CBN News (Manila)
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 )
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