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Journal Posts by Date

• THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020
  A student at Henley High School in Klamath County, Oregon was hospitalized after an accidental shooting in the school parking lot.  According to reports, two students were moving a gun from one car to another after shooting together when the gun went off, hitting one of the students in the hand. Source: Anna Weeks, “Accidental Gun Discharge Sends Student to …
• WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020
  14-year old Jesus Jimenez Solis was cleaning a gun in his bedroom when it accidentally fired, killing his 15-year old friend, Sylas Lieb.  Jimenez Solis, an Omaha Nebraska boy, was holding the gun in his lap and wiping it with a towel when it went off.  Lieb died at the scene. According to investigators, Jimenez Solis had found the gun …
• TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020
  The Police Chief in Magnolia, Arkansas, Todd Dew, was accidentally shot by a fellow officer while attempting to serve a warrant on a man who had violated the terms of his probation. According to a statement, the officers were entering a home when the gun went off and struck the Chief in the back.  Chief Dew was wearing a bullet …
• MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020
  In Tampa, Florida, 17-year old Ivan Johnson died today after being shot with a BB fired from a pellet gun by an eight-year old friend while they were waiting for the younger boy’s father in the father’s car.  The BB struck Ivan in the eye.  He was taken to a hospital before dying three days after the incident. According to …
• SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020
  A family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is mourning the death of three-year old Chassity Clancy who was shot to death in a gun accident in her home.  According to reports, 51-year old Marlin Pritchard was babysitting and fell asleep next to Chassity with a loaded pistol grip shotgun under his pillow when the gun went off. He woke to find Chassity …
• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020
  In Dayton, Ohio, a 9-mm pistol accidentally fired when a man and his his grandfather were inspecting it. The man was shot in the foot and taken to the hospital.  His name and condition were not released. Source: Nevin Smith, “Man Shoots His Foot, Medics Respond,” Dayton Now (February 8, 2020).
• FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020
  Lincoln Mack, a 4-year old boy in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, accidentally shot and killed himself today after finding a loaded handgun in his home.  His parents and two siblings were in the home at the time.  Lincoln’s preschool teachers described him as a “sweet and fun little boy with a smile that lit up the room.”  Lincoln’s father, Andrew …