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3-Year-Old Boy Killed After Finding Unsecured Gun in Pontiac Apartment

Officials say the death was preventable and investigators are processing the scene as they consider charges and next steps.

4-Year-Old Dies After Finding Mother's Gun in Closet

3-Year-Old Seriously Hurt After Finding Gun in Parked Vehicle, Hooksett Police Say

4-Year-Old Finds Unsecured Gun in Car and Kills 2-Year-Old Relative in Kissimmee

Detroit 6-Year-Old Killed in Parked Car With Unsecured Gun as Police Investigate

Border Police Recruit, 18, Dies in Suspected Accidental Shooting in Azor

6-Year-Old Dies in Apparent Accidental Shooting Inside Montgomery Village Home

Shillington Police Investigate Reported Dog-Triggered Shotgun Discharge That Injured Owner

Coroner Rules Columbus State Lecturer’s Shooting an Accidental Killing by Roommate

Columbus Toddler’s Fatal Shooting Leads to Charges as Community Grieves

Prosecutors Charge Illinois Father After Shot at Bird Killed His 14-Year-Old Daughter

Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Stepson Placed on Psychiatric Hold After Son’s Accidental Death