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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.

5-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Sandy Home in What Police Call a Child-Related Accident

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

16-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Bronx Home While Handling Gun, Police Say

Three-Year-Old Shot in Neck by Air Rifle in Plottier

2-Year-Old Dies After Finding Gun Hidden in Highland Couch

16-Year-Old Shot on Indianapolis North Side

7-Year-Old Girl Killed in Accidental Shooting in Milford Mill

2-Year-Old Killed After 4-Year-Old Finds Unsecured Gun in Car

Glendale Heights Man Charged After Gun Discharges Through Wall and Injures Sleeping Relative

Teen Critically Wounded After Gun Discharges in South Philadelphia Home

Five Officers Struck by Car During Chicago Teen Takeover and Four Teens Wounded in Little Village

Minnesota Driver, 78, Shot in Face by Stray Round From Private Range, Sheriff Says

Milwaukee Toddler Dies After Firing Unsecured Gun

Houston Bus Shooting Treated as Accidental After CCTV Review

3-Year-Old Shot in Head Inside South Philadelphia Apartment

Uttar Pradesh Inspector Shot in Police Quarters as Probe Points to Accidental Firing

Teen Charged in Killing of Brooklyn 16-Year-Old Ka’mardre Coleman

Delhi Man Dies After Self-Inflicted Gunshot on Camera, Cousin Who Owned Pistol Arrested

Mother of Lucy Harrison Urges Texas Police to Reopen Case After UK Inquest Rules Unlawful Killing