1 year old Georgia toddler dead of wounds from BB gun

Even BB guns can be fatal. An Atlanta area father was "scaring" his one year child with a BB gun when it went off and shot the little boy in the chest. From an article:

Dickerson said Jesse Sellers, 23, was playing with a BB rifle, trying to scare his son, when he pulled the trigger.

Dickerson told CBS Atlanta News Jesse Sellers didn't realize the gun was loaded and that he said it was an accident. He said the child's grandmother performed CPR on the toddler.

Renee Holmes is the child's mother's cousin. She said Jesstin was the youngest of four children, and his mother was not doing well coping with his death. Holmes had this to say about Jesse Sellers, "They were deeply in love. He's torn. He's broken by this. Jesse is really a good father."

Georgia grandfather shoots his own 2 year old grandson

There has been a tragic situation in Georgia where a grandfather shot his own young grandson in an argument with the man's son:

A 2-year-old boy was shot and killed Tuesday night, allegedly by his grandfather during an argument, Gwinnett County police said.

Deandre Vega, who would have turned 3 in a few weeks, was on the driveway of his Lilburn-area home when he was shot shortly before 10 p.m., Cpl. Jake Smith said. The alleged shooter, Luis Efrain Torres, remained at the scene and was taken into custody when officers arrived, Smith said. Officers located the gun allegedly used in the shooting.

Just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, Torres was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail, charged with murder and aggravated assault. Torres was being held without bond early Wednesday.

Investigators believe a dispute between Torres and the boy’s father, Rochell McCoy, escalated to gunfire outside a home in the 5200 block of Stafford Drive, near Indian Trail Road.

“At this time, we don’t think he intended to actually shoot that child,” Smith said. “But we do believe he was trying to shoot someone else that was here.”

Neighbors called 911 after hearing gunshots, and officers arrived to find the injured child on the driveway of the home. The boy was transported by ambulance to the hospital, but did not survive, Smith said. No other injuries were reported.

2 year old Georgia child shot in stomach after his father intervened in argument

A 2 year old boy was shot while sitting in his car after his father intervened in an altercation at a Kroger's store:

There was no ignoring what came next – the rat-a-tat-tat of a semi-automatic rifle fired nonchalantly into a car occupied by a mother and her 2-year-old son.

It came without warning and without reason, captured by a witness’ cell phone camera, who provided the footage to Channel 2 Action News.

But it’s the sounds, not the sights, that linger – the anguished screams of a mother trailing her husband as he cradled their bleeding son in his arms, who was hit by the gunfire. Clearly panicking, he carries the little boy into and back out of the store, surrounded by frantic shoppers uncertain whether to seek cover or run to safety.

The toddler, shot in the abdomen, is expected to survive. He remains in stable condition at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.

Those who witnessed the chaos unfold remained shaken long after it ended.

“He was crying really hard,” said Betelehem Sheferaw, 19, unable to get the toddler’s tears out of her head.

Even veteran lawmen were taken aback by the brazenness of Wednesday afternoon’s shooting, triggered when the father of the boy confronted the shooter after observing him steal a chain off another man’s neck just moments before.

“It had to be very clear that the child was in the vehicle and he had absolutely no regard for the child or any of those witnesses,” DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander told reporters.

Investigators are confident they’ll find the suspect. Kroger’s surveillance cameras produced several clear shots of the man, last seen walking briskly behind the supermarket, dressed in a black T-shirt and an Oakland Raiders cap.

Alexander said it’s likely the gunman had an accomplice waiting in a nearby vehicle.

Besides the shooting, the suspect is also wanted for the chain snatching outside a neighboring Chase Bank branch.

The father of the shooting victim was leaving the bank when the alleged theft occurred. The suspect fled on foot, briefly ducking into another store between Chase and Kroger.

When their paths crossed again, the unidentified good Samaritan decided to confront the thief, police said, parking his car in front of the grocery store’s main entrance.

Witness Jamilia Adams, 41, said she saw the two men yelling at each other. There was some benign physical contact but no fisticuffs.

The suspect pulled away, according to Alexander, and then, as evident on the cell phone video, promptly walked up to the good Samaritan’s car and fired up to 15 shots.

It was a surreal scene, described by one witness on Twitter as something “out of a movie.”

14-year old Georgia girl shot while selling candy door-to-door

New information on this shooting reveals that the 14 year old girl shot in this incident was actually shot by her 18 year old brother.

The 14-year-old girl who claimed she was injured by a drive-by shooter was actually shot by her brother, Henry County police said Tuesday night. Now both siblings could face charges.

The girl, whose name was not released, told Clayton County police Monday afternoon she’d been shot in the abdomen as she sold candy on Spivey and Clemons roads, not far from the Henry County line.

The teen claimed she was shot by a man traveling in a car with other men, according to police. She underwent surgery later Monday after being transported to the hospital.

Tuesday morning, officers canvassed the area looking for possible clues to the drive-by shooting. But hours later, officers announced new information in the case.

“Working jointly with Clayton County police, we have determined that the shooting actually occurred at the victim’s house inside Henry County,” Major Jason Bolton with Henry police said in an emailed statement. “It appears at this time that the victim was shot by her 18-year-old brother while he was playing with a gun.”

It is possible both siblings could face criminal charges for the shooting and the story allegedly concocted for police, Bolton said. No charges had been filed late Tuesday.

Below is the original posted story about this shooting:


A 14-year old girl was going door-to-door selling candy, in Clayton County, Georgia, with her 18-year old brother.  

One article said that shots were fired from a car, hitting the girl once in the abdomen, and she has been sent to a hospital where she underwent surgery and is in stable condition.

Another article suggested that it may have been the brother who unintentionally shot her.

From an article:

Police are trying to unravel who shot a 14-year-old girl and why. 

Investigators said the girl was shot while selling candy along Clemons Road and Spivey Road in Clayton County. 

The teen was with her 18-year-old brother at the time. 

At about 2 p.m. someone pulled a gun out and began shooting. The teen was hit once in the abdomen, according to police. 

Police, however, spent much of the afternoon and night investigating a home on Shaw Lane a few blocks away in Henry County. 

Police said the emergency call originated from the home. 

They are investigating to determine if the house is connected to the shooting. 

Temieka Clay, who lives next to the home under investigation, was disturbed by the news. 

"It makes me very sad. She's a young girl - that kind of stuff shouldn't happen in today's world," Clay said. 

The victim was taken to Egelston Children's Hospital.

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Baby boy shot in head and killed, mother injured, by two boys in Georgia

(Updated. See below)

Antonio West, age 13 months

A mother was walking her baby in a stroller, in Brunswick, Georgia, when she said that two boys, ages 10-15 years old, tried to rob her at gunpoint.  They then shot the baby in the head, killing him, and shot the woman in the leg, before fleeing.  The victim, age 13 months, was named Antonio West.

From an article:

The mother, Sherry West, told WAWS-TV that two boys approached her and demanded money Thursday morning while she was walking near her home in Brunswick, about 80 miles south of Savannah. 

West said she insisted she didn't have any money and tried to protect her son, Antonio, before one of the boys opened fire. 

"I put my arms over my baby and he shoves me, and then he shot my baby right in the head," West said. 

West was shot in the leg.  ... 

Police spokesman Todd Rhodes gave few details about the investigation Friday, but said no weapon has been found and that investigators were checking school records for leads. 

Several people in the neighborhood called 911 after they heard the gunshots fired, but Rhodes said investigators believed that the mother was the only witness to what happened. Rhodes described the neighborhood as safe. 

"Understand this: There is no clear motive right now," he said. 

He urged anyone with information to call Brunswick police. There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. 

Officers from a SWAT team checked vacant houses as investigators tried to find possible witnesses. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources provided a helicopter for the search. 

A sketch artist from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was being sent to Brunswick.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Shooter De'Marquis Elkins, age 17

UPDATE:  The two boys have been arrested, ages 14 (revised to 15, see next update) and 17.  From an article:

Seventeen-year-old De'Marquis Elkins is charged as an adult with first-degree murder, along with a 14-year-old who was not identified because he is a juvenile, Police Chief Tobe Green said. 

Police announced the arrest Friday afternoon after combing school records and canvassing neighborhoods searching for the pair. The chief said the motive of the "horrendous act" was still under investigation and the weapon had not been found. 

The mother, Sherry West, wept Friday while she told The Associated Press that she

pleaded with the gunman and a younger accomplice who approached her Thursday morning while she walked near their home in coastal Brunswick. 

Dominique Lang, age 15

"He asked me for money and I said I didn't have it," she said. "When you have a baby, you spend all your money on babies. They're expensive. And he kept asking and I just said 'I don't have it.' And he said, 'Do you want me to kill your baby?' And I said, 'No, don't kill my baby!'" 

West said the gunman fired four shots, the first into the ground. West didn't see a shell casing ejected and she assumed the gun wasn't real. 

Then he fired at her head and the bullet grazed her left ear — she has a small scab and bruising there. He fired again and shot her in the left leg above the knee. "I didn't know I was hurt." 

"The boy proceeded to go around to the stroller and he shot my baby in the face," she said. 

"And then he just shoved me when I started screaming and he ran down London Street with the little boy."  ....

It's not the mother's first loss of a child to violence. Sherry West said her 18-year-old son, Shaun Glassey, was killed in New Jersey in 2008. She still has a newspaper clipping from the time. 

The articles don't say how the boys got the gun or ammo.

UPDATE (3/25/13):  The other boy, who is actually 15 years old, pleaded not-guilty, according to a CNN article:

Wearing an orange jumpsuit, his hands and feet shackled, the 15-year-old listened as Glynn County Judge Timothy Barton read his Miranda rights. Previously, the boy's age was reported as 14. 

Barton didn't indicate if the teen would be charged as a juvenile or adult, and the teen did not enter a plea. His name is not being released because he is a minor. 

Asked if the teen had any questions, he told the judge, "No sir." ... 

The boy's father has also been distraught, West said. 

Asked about the person who shot her son, Antonio, West stated: "I hate you and I don't forgive you. 

"You killed an innocent human life," she said. "I hope you die for it." ... 

West said she put Antonio in a stroller Thursday because it was good exercise for her heart, adding that she was disabled from a car accident. 

"I just took a walk with my baby," she said. "I can't believe that this would happen, and I left early in the morning. I thought, you know, that there would be less people on the road and I wouldn't be in anybody's way walking down that road.

UPDATE (4/18/13):  The 15-year old is identified as Dominque Lang.  Both of the teens accused of the robbery and shooting are pleading not guilty.  From the article:

Police arrested both teenagers within a day of the shooting. Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering has said information from Elkins' mother and older sister helped lead investigators to a small saltwater pond where they recovered a .22-caliber handgun suspected of being used in the slaying. 

Elkins has also been charged in a second shooting and robbery attempt 10 days before the baby was killed. An indictment says Elkins pointed a gun at Wilfredo Calix-Flores while demanding his cellphone and wallet, then shot the man in the arm with the same caliber gun used to kill the baby.

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17-year old Georgia boy shot while walking home from school

17-year old Zachius Shropshire was walking home from school in Stone Mountain, Georgia, with friends, when a vehicle drove up and shot at them.  Zachius was hit in the back and chest.  The suspects fled.

Zachius is recovering in the hospital.

From an article:

Police said Zachius Shropshire, 17, was shot in the chest and back as he walked home from Redan High School on North Redan Circle in Stone Mountain. Witnesses told police a black car, possibly a Honda, sped toward Shropshire and friends when someone rolled down a window and fired two to three shots. 

The teens ran off before Shropshire stopped and lay down in neighbor Artis Collins' yard. .... 

"He’s a good kid. He’s never been in any trouble and I was shocked when my husband told me. I was shocked,” neighbor Angela Morris said. 

Awadjie [a friend of Zachius], 14, said her parents now pick her up from school because they're concerned for her safety. 

"Kids are brave you know," said her father, Jonathan Clark. "But we as parents we know better. The bullet doesn’t have a name. It could've been anybody." 

Police are investigating the motive for the shooting.

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14-year old Georgia boy shot to death in apparent home robbery

Paul Sampleton, Jr., age 14

14-year old Paul Sampleton, Jr., was found shot to death in his home in Grayson, Georgia.  The home appeared to have been robbed.  It's unknown whether Paul interrupted the robbery or not.

No suspects have yet been identified.

From an article:

Police are investigating the death of a teenager in Grayson. According to Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith, 14-year-old Paul Sampleton Jr. was found dead of a gunshot wound in his home on Haynescrest Drive on Wednesday. 

The boy's father arrived home and found his son shot to death around 2:40 p.m., according to police. 

Authorities are treating the death as a homicide. Smith said that there was evidence of a robbery inside the apartment. They don't know if the teen had interrupted the burglary or if they had waited for him inside. 

Police said they are investigating leads in the case. 

Sampleton was a freshman at Grayson High School, according to police. 

"He was just always smiling, kind-hearted and everybody loved him. Nobody had problems with him," said Darius Stephens, who said he played football with Sampleton.

UPDATE (12/20/12):  Paul's death has been ruled as a homicide, not suicide or accidental.  Friends expressed surprise at his death.  From an article:

Paul played on the freshman football team and played baseball, according to his friends. But he had one hobby that made him stand out from others. 

“He did love his shoes,” Abiodun said. “The new Jordans and Nikes that came out, Paul was always the first to get them.” 

Manny said his friend had at least 20 pairs of high-end, high-priced basketball shoes. Paul not only wore them, but sometimes traded them or sold them, his friends said. 

Classmates speculated that Paul’s love of shoes could have led to his death, but investigators declined to release details about a motive or any suspects Wednesday night. Police did not say whether or not they believe Paul was specifically targeted. 

“It’s just hard to believe it’s Paul,” Abiodun said. “He just loved coming to school, smiling and telling jokes, and making people laugh.”

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Georgia second-grader brings pistol to class in backpack

A teacher at an elementary school in Brunswick, Georgia, looked into the backpack of an 8-year old boy in her second-grade class and found that he had brought a pistol to school.  Luckily the gun was unloaded.

From an article:

School spokesman, Jim Weidhaas, said the teacher was, "Looking for candy that she suspected may have been taken off of the desk." 

The pistol that was found was a Raven .25-caliber semi-automatic. Weidhaas said the gun was not loaded, and that the second-grader was not carrying any ammunition.
"We think he brought it to school to show to his friends," he said. 

That game of show and tell came with serious consequences, a one-year suspension, the mandatory minimum by Georgia state law.  

Now, investigators have to figure out how the 8-year-old was able to get his hands on a gun.  Who was the adult in charge?  And will they be punished?   

"I couldn't comment on that," Weidhaas said. 

Administrators say the teacher did the right thing, by discreetly removing the boy from the classroom without causing a commotion. And the good news is that no one was hurt. 

"I think with young children, they just don't understand the consequences and unfortunately these things happen sometimes," said Weidhaas.

"Unfortunately these things happen sometimes" isn't an excuse.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

16-year old Georgia teen shot in drive-by

Two teens were walking in Albany, Georgia, when someone in a passing car shot at them.  One of the teens, age 16, was hit twice, but will recover.

From an article:

Police say a 16-year-old was shot twice.  

One  bullet went into the leg and the other in the buttocks. 

The victim has been taken to Phoebe Putney Hospital. 

The victim was walking on Shadowlawn with another teenager, when a red car drove by the two teens and someone inside the vehicle fired the shots. 

No arrests have been made at this time and police are still on the scene investigating.

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8-year old Georgia boy shot in drive-by while sleeping in home

Ahijah Geffard, age 8

8-year old Ahijah Geffard was asleep in his Fulton County, Georgia home when a car drove up outside and someone started shooting at his home.  Multiple rounds hit the home.  One of those hit Ahijah in the back, critically wounding him.

From an article and news video:

Just before midnight, a car drove up to a home along Hassana Lane in south Fulton County, someone inside it fired several shots,  then the car took off. 

Police said they have not found any eyewitnesses. Neighbors calls 911 when they heard gunshots. 

“We had someone drive up and fire multiple rounds inside the house and struck and 8-year-old boy in the back,” Sgt. Scott McBride of the Fulton County Police Department said. 

Police said Ahijah Geffard  was asleep upstairs when a bullet pierced through his bedroom. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. His condition has not been released. 

Detectives said they hope someone got a glimpse of the shooter or the car. 

“Unfortunately we’re still looking for someone that might have seen the vehicle and got the tag number,” McBride said. 

Detectives interviewed the boy’s mother, grandparents and sister, who were also inside the house. They were not hurt.

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5-month old Georgia boy unintentionally shot in leg by felon father

A 5-month old boy in Redan, Georgia (a suburb of Atlanta) was at home with his father when the father unintentionally shot the boy in the leg.  The boy was rushed to the hospital and is expected to recover.

The father, 19-year old Keymon Jackson, is a convicted felon.  He fled the scene and is currently being sought.

From an article:

Detectives are looking for a father, who they believe shot his own 5-month-old at a home off of Redan Road in unincorporated DeKalb County. 

Detectives said Keymon Jackson, 19, might have accidentally shot his son in the leg. 

Jackson is wanted on several charges related to the case, including reckless conduct, tampering with evidence and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He is also wanted on an unrelated violation of probation, authorities said.

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2-year old Atlanta girl killed and 1-year old brother injured by shots fired into home

Ty-Teyanna Motley, age 2

2-year old Ty-Teyanna Motley and her 1-year old brother Isaiah were sleeping in their Atlanta, Georgia, home when someone fired through their front door.

One shot hit Ty-Teyanna in the chest, killing her.  Another shot injured Isaiah.  He is now in stable but critical condition.

From an article:

The bullets struck Ty-Teyanna Motley and her brother, Isaiah, who were sleeping with their grandmother in a sofa bed behind the door, Charlie Howard, the victims' uncle, told Channel 2's Amanda Cook. 

Howard said he and their other relatives inside the home were awakened by the shots. Howard found his nephew screaming and soaked in blood. His niece was found unresponsive lying in a puddle of blood. 

Howard said Ty-Teyanna, who was shot in the chest, died on the way to Grady Memorial Hospital.
"The 1-year-old male is in stable but critical condition at this time," police said in a statement.
Howard said Isaiah, who is undergoing surgery at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, is expected to survive. 

Howard said he is appalled by the shooting, especially after three years of living at their home without any problems. In addition to Howard, he said there was a total of seven kids at the home, along with the victims' mother and grandmother, when the shooting happened. 

He said the incident makes him fear for his family's safety. 

Detectives said the shooting does not appear to be a drive-by and they are trying to determine a motive in the case.

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14-year old Georgia boy shot at high school football game

A football game had just ended at Banneker High School in College Park, Georgia, when a fight broke out.  Someone pulled out a gun and started shooting, wounding a 14-year old boy.

Another person besides the shooter also had a gun.

From an article:

Around 10:30 p.m., a large group of boys leaving the football game against Therrell High got into an altercation in the 6000 block of Feldwood Road, and someone pulled a gun and began shooting, Fulton County police spokeswoman Cpl. Kay Lester said. 

A 14-year-old was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, she said. 

Contrary to an earlier statement, the suspect is not in custody, she said. One person was arrested for having a weapon, but that person is not the shooter.

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15-year old Georgia boy brings gun to school

A 15-year old boy brought an unloaded 9mm handgun to his Gresham Park, Georgia high school.

According to an article:

NcNair [sic] High School was put on lockdown Monday morning after a gun was found in a student’s possession. 

Channel 2 Action News reported that a 15-year-old student brought an unloaded 9mm handgun to the school on Bouldercrest Road in south DeKalb County. 

The student, whose name has not been released, was arrested. 

According to Channel 2, the student was already on suspension when he came to school with the gun, but it was not immediately clear if it was an in-school suspension or he supposed to be out of school. 

The lockdown was lifted by late Monday morning. 

The article doesn't say where the boy got the gun.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

15-year old Georgia girl unintentionally shot in car by 16-year old girl in back seat

A 16-year old girl was riding in the back seat with a loaded gun when it unintentionally discharged, in Fayette County, Georgia.  The bullet hit a 15-year old girl in the front seat, injuring her with non-life-threatening injuries.

From an article:

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office investigators made an arrest on Sept. 1 in connection with a 15-year-old girl from Fulton County being shot earlier that day inside a moving vehicle on Ga. Highway 138 in north Fayette County.

Sheriff’s spokesman Brent Rowan said investigators arrested a 16-year-old Fairburn girl on charges of reckless conduct and possession of a firearm by a person under the age 18.

Rowan said the case involved the 16-year-old female accidentally discharging a firearm inside a moving vehicle on Hwy. 138 where she was a passenger in a rear seat. When the firearm was accidentally discharged a 15-year-old juvenile front seat passenger was struck by the stray bullet, Rowan said.

Rowan said the 15-year-old was transported to Grady Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries at the time of the incident. The 16-year-old female is currently being held in a juvenile youth detention facility, Rowan added.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

4-year old Georgia girl finds unsecured, loaded gun in minivan and shoots self with it

A 4-year old girl in Clayton County, Georgia, is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.  She or one of her siblings found a loaded, unsecured gun in her parents' minivan and discharged it, hitting the 4-year old.  The girl was taken to surgery.

Three of the girl's young siblings were also in the car at the time, along with their mother, but they escaped injury.

From an article:

A mother and her four young children were traveling in a minivan on Jonesboro Road. The woman tells police she heard a loud “pop” and turned around.

"Her four-year old daughter was slumped over in her car seat with a gunshot wound,” said Windley.

The little girl was airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston with life-threatening injuries.

Windley says investigators are now trying to figure out where the gun was in the car and who pulled the trigger. Above all, he said, this sad event is further proof that kids and guns can be a tragic combination.

According to another article:

Windley identified the mother as Vera Harmon of Jonesboro. He said Harmon, 34, had three of her other children, two boys ages three and 12 along with a 7-year-old girl, in the minivan at the time of the shooting.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Mother of Connecticut girl shot by brother believes her daughter's death was part of a plan

The mother of a 6 year old Connecticut girl who was shot to death by her older brother is now saying she believes the accident was a plan for her daughter. From the article:

The mother of a six-year-old girl who was killed when her brother's hunting rifle accidentally went off says nothing could have been done to prevent her daughter's from dying.

Haydee Stanovich made a shocking statement about little Jenn's death, saying it was 'God's call' that she took a bullet to her chest when a loaded gun fell off a bed and fired. 

Ms Stanovich says she spoke with her daughter 30 minutes before the accident and has concluded that it must have been the six-year-old's time to die.  

'It was God's call. There was no way around it,' Mrs Stanovich told the Hartford Courant. 

Mrs Stanovich's husband Richard had taken Jenn and her brother Charles, 13, to visit their grandmother in Culloden, Georgia, when her daughter was shot. Mrs Stanovich was at the family's home in Connecticut working. 

Mrs Stanovich said her daughter seemed to have a preternatural sense that something was going to happen. 

After her death, her family found a notepad filled with chilling notes Jenn had written. (...) 

Half an hour after Jenn hung up the phone with her mother, her brother Charles came into the house with a .22-caliber rifle he had used to hunt armadillos in his grandmother's backyard. 

He later told police he thought he had unloaded to firearm and put it on the bed. When he accidentally knocked it off, fired. The bullet struck Jenn in the chest. 

Her father held her in his arms until paramedics arrived and took her to the hospital, where she died. 

Two hours after Mrs Stanovich heard her six-year-old daughter contemplate her own death, her husband called to say Jenn was dead. 

Mrs Stanovich said her son is devastated by the accident and he hasn't been able to speak with his mother since it happened. 

'I think he feels uncomfortable around me. He feels he took my baby away from me, he told me that. But it was an accident,' she told the Courant. 

'We really believe it was God's decision. God wanted her home, he called her home.'

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Man brings gun to Georgia high school open house and flees

An unknown man, who wasn't a student, brought a 9mm handgun to a high school open house, in Decatur, Georgia, hidden in a skullcap.  When he was caught with the gun, a struggle ensued and the gun was taken away from him, but the man escaped.  Parents are now worried about the start of school there.

From an article:

According to the police report, the principal noticed the man acting odd, and asked him to leave.

"The man had a gun in a skull cap. There was an apparent struggle between the two over the skull cap, the suspect fled and the teacher (principal) was able to recover the weapon," said district spokesperson Jeff Dickerson.

The district wouldn't let us see the surveillance video, but says it has several vague images of the suspect walking around campus. With the man's motives, or even identity unknown, we asked if the district would have extra security on Monday.
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Some parents brought up the idea of metal detectors, wondering if the time had come for the district to use them in all the schools.

"We've got to do what's best for these students. We're all on different levels in life so you never know what this child went through at home or possessing him to bring a weapon to school," said parents Melissa Moore.
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The district stresses to parents the man with gun is not believed to be a student. Still some parents say it's a safety measure the district should consider. 

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2-year old Georgia boy dies from unintentional gunshot to head by 6-year old brother

Four children were at home in Douglas, Georgia, when at least two of them got hold of a loaded, unsecured gun.  A 6-year old boy tried to grab the gun from his 2-year old brother, Jeremiah McCrae, when the gun went off, hitting Jeremiah in the head and killing him.

One adult was home at the time.

From an article:

On Sunday shortly before 5pm, Douglas Police responded to 517 Bryan Street, because of a shooting. 

After arriving they found a 2-year-old boy had been shot. Investigators say the firearm was found in the possession of two juveniles. 

They believe the gun went off accidentally. The toddler died on his way to Savannah Memorial Hospital. 

Police believe 2-year-old Jeremiah McCrea was playing with the gun in the upstairs hallway when his 6-year-old brother tried to grab it from him. 

They say that Jeremiah was shot on the left side of his forehead. 

Their mother Alexis McCrea was the only adult home and she was downstairs. 

There were two other siblings at home at the time as well.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

6-year old Georgia girl shot and killed unintentionally by 13-year old brother

Jenn Stanovich, age 6

A 13-year old boy in Culloden, Georgia, had been shooting at armadillos in the yard with a .22-caliber rifle.  The boy and girl were from Connecticut and were visiting their grandmother's home.  Afterward he came inside and put the gun on his bed, thinking it was unloaded.  While he was talking with his 6-year old sister, Jenn Stanovich, in the doorway to the room, the gun fell to the floor and discharged, hitting his sister.

Jenn died from her wound, at the hospital.

From an article:

Authorities say only one shot was fired from the weapon, a .22-caliber rifle. It was discharged inside the family's home.

According to the incident report, the brother told sheriff's officers that he had come back inside after hunting armadillos in the backyard. He went into the bedroom and attempted to clear and unload his rifle. The brother told officers that he believed that the rifle was unloaded and he placed it on the bed. He said he knocked the rifle onto the floor where it discharged. The bullet hit his sister who was talking to the boy in the doorway.

The bullet hit 6-year-old Jenn in the wrist and abdomen.

She was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia where she passed away shortly thereafter.

Sheriff's investigators were immediately dispatched to the scene. Spokeswoman Allison Selman-Willis told 13WMAZ that they do not suspect foul play but that their investigation is continuing.

The girl's body has been sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab for autopsy.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.