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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ongoing Investigation Texas December 25, 2019February 16, 2020 by Gary Klein

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2019

In Buna, Texas, “a tragic end to Christmas left the town shaken.” 15-year old James Johnson was shot and killed when a 9 mm pistol was accidentally fired by his …

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).