Lincoln Mack – Shattered – The Gun Accident Journal

Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) New Jersey February 7, 2020February 21, 2020 by Gary Klein

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 …

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Meadville Tribune in Meadville, Pennsylvania reported today that 19-year old Jacob S. Smith accidentally shot himself to death in a hunting accident. According to the local coroner, “Smith was removing items from a hunting sled when his shotgun accidentally went off with shotgun pellets striking Smith in the abdomen.”

Smith was a sophomore majoring in safety management at Slippery Rock University, according to the University president. Available reporting did not indicate how the shotgun came to be loaded in the hunting sled. Similarly, no information was available about whether the gun had a safety or whether the safety was in safe position when the accident occurred.

Sources:

Kei th Gush ard, “Hunting Accident Claims Life of Linesville Man,” Meadville Tribune (November 23, 2019).

M adas yn Lee, “Slippery Rock Student, 19, Dies in Crawford County Hunting Accident,” TribLive (November 24, 2019).