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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Florida No Charges Filed February 10, 2020February 22, 2020 by Gary Klein

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 …

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 at a laundromat days earlier. An eighth-grader at the Lewis & Clark middle school, Jimenez Solis was charged with manslaughter and sent by the Court to a Youth Detention Center.

Source:

Alia Conley, “Teen Who Fatally Shot Omaha Central Student Didn't Intend to Kill Him, Douglas County Attorney Says,” Omaha World Herald (February 13, 2020).