8 year old Kansas boy injured by bullet

An 8 year old Kansas boy was injured in his home when bullets were fired from a car. From an article:

Bullet holes are still visible on the front of an Overland Park home where an 8-year-old boy was shot Monday night in the 10000 block of Kessler.

Overland Park Police said the boy did not have life-threatening injuries. A neighbor told 41 Action News the boy was shot in his shoulder.

Two other children and an adult woman were at home Monday night at 11:30 p.m. when the shooting occured.

According to police, the shooter fired between five and 10 shots into the home. Neighbors reported hearing the shots and at least one neighbor saw a dark colored sedan speed away from the house after the shooting.

Kids should be safe in their homes from bullets.

14-year old Kansas boy unintentionally fires gun and hits 6-year old girl in leg in chiropractor office

A 14-year old boy was in the waiting room with his aunt and her three children, while carrying a loaded 9mm  handgun in his hooded sweatshirt pocket, when he unintentionally fired the weapon.

The round hit one of his young cousins, a 6-year old girl, in the leg, causing a serious but not life-threatening wound.

From an article:

As Andrew Bonci treated a patient at his Mission chiropractic office Tuesday, a “huge bang” echoed from his waiting room. 

Rushing to see what happened, Bonci encountered a 6-year-old girl with a bullet hole in her lower leg and her 14-year-old cousin saying again and again, “I’m sorry.” 

“I told him to give me the gun,” Bonci recounted hours after the incident in the 6000 block of Martway Street left the girl hospitalized and her cousin in police custody. 

The boy complied and then ran from the office while Bonci’s secretary called 911. 

“He was scared,” Bonci said. “He wasn’t crying, but he knew he had erred.” 

Police found the teen walking in the area about an hour later and took him to the Mission Police Department for questioning. 

Bonci said there was a large hole in the pocket of the teen’s hooded sweatshirt, and it appeared the youth had been carrying the 9 mm handgun in the pocket when it discharged. 

Although the girl’s injury was serious, Bonci said it was not life-threatening. An ambulance took her to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Her condition was not available Tuesday night. 

The girl’s mother had come to the office with her three children and nephew, Bonci said, and were the only ones in the waiting room at the time. He said the bullet went through the girl’s leg, ricocheted off the floor and into a wall. 

“Thankfully no one else was there,” he said.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/04/17/2764292/boy-6-shot-at-mission-building.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy

The article doesn't say how the boy was able to get a loaded gun.

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

7-year old Kansas boy shoots and kills self while handling gun with father and brother

Gavin Brummett, age 7

7-year old Gavin Brummett was with his father and brother, handling a gun on their rural, Salina, Kansas property, when he unintentionally shot himself in the head.  He died soon after.

From an article:

Saline County Sheriff’s officials said that’s when Brummett’s father heard two shots and saw that Gavin had shot himself. He was rushed to Salina Regional Health Center, and then airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, where he died. 

Deputies say the incident highlights the importance of extreme caution with firearms–especially around children. 

“Just the basic firearm safety,” Rick Heinrich of the Saline County Sheriff’s Office said. “Where the parents are with the child and supervising very closely watching what they do and working with them and having that close parental supervision right there with them.”

Or, better yet, keep guns away from young children.

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

14-year old Kansas boy shot and killed

Two boys were walking down the street in Kansas City, Kansas, when they got into an argument with people in a car.  The occupants in the car then opened fire, hitting one of the boys, 14-year old Miguel Garcia.  The boy died soon after.

From an article:

Police said Garcia and another teenager were walking down the street when they were approached by a vehicle.  An argument broke out between the occupants of the vehicle and the two teens.  Then things got worse. 

The vehicle circled the block and came back to where the teens were standing.  The occupants of the vehicle began shooting at the teenagers. 

Garcia was struck by the gunfire. 

Shortly after the shooting subsided, several strangers ran up to help the boy. 

“He lifted up his shirt and it was right in his chest,” said one witness.  “He went to collapse and grabbed me and I helped him inside and that is when he collapsed on the floor and started puking up blood.” 

The witness told FOX 4 News the teenager kept asking to call his mother before the teen said he couldn’t breathe any more. 

So far, police have no one in custody.

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5-year old boy shot in head, penetrating skull, by 4-year old brother with pellet gun

A man had just been out hunting with his pump-action pellet gun when he left it on a table, in Wichita, Kansas.

His four-year old son found the gun and pulled the trigger.  The pellet hit the man's other son, age 5, in the head, penetrating the boy's skull.  He is now in the hospital on a ventilator.

From an article:

A 26-year-old man has been arrested following an accidental shooting late Sunday afternoon that has a 5-year-old boy on a ventilator at a local hospital, police said. 

The boy was hit in the left side of his forehead when the man’s 4-year-old son picked up a pellet gun left on the dining table and pulled the trigger, Wichita police Lt. Doug Nolte said. The victim’s mother took him to Via Christi Hospital on East Harry, and he was later transferred to the St. Francis campus. 

The incident was reported to police at about 5 p.m. The pellet penetrated the boy’s skull, Nolte said. 

He may be taken off the ventilator later on Monday because he is showing signs of being able to breath on his own, Nolte added. 

The father of the shooter had been out hunting earlier Sunday before returning to the house in the 2300 block of East Winchester, Nolte said. That’s southeast of 63rd South and Hydraulic. 

He left the pump-action pellet gun on the dining table, where his son was able to reach it. 

“Initially, the family was hesitant to give us a clear story of what happened,” Nolte said. 

The father was arrested on suspicion of offenses that include aggravated child endangerment and obstructing arrest.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/03/11/2711224/man-arrested-after-child-shot.html#storylink=cpy

Pellet guns are not toys.

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

16 year old Kansas teen arrested after shooting at school bus

A 16 year old Kansas boy was arrested after shooting at a school bus. From an article:

Kansas City police arrested a 16-year-old Ruskin High School student accused of shooting at a school bus after the driver refused to allow him to board on Wednesday.

The boy, identified as the shooter by witnesses, was detained by school officials Thursday after he showed up for class. The juvenile prosecutor charged him with attempted assault and armed criminal action. He could face additional charges after police confirm the number of students who were on the bus at the time of the shooting.

He remained in the juvenile jail Friday.

Police said he tried to board a school bus headed to Ruskin just before 7 a.m. Wednesday at 93rd Street and Cleveland Avenue but was denied by the driver, who didn’t recognize him as a regular rider. He offered to pay the driver, but she refused and forced him off the bus. As the bus drove away, he allegedly fired about five bullets at the bus. The bus was not damaged and no students were hit. The people on the bus were unaware of the shooting. The driver continued to pick up students along her route and dropped them off at the school before learning of the gunfire from police.

But students at another bus stop for a different high school saw the shooting, as did some neighbors. Police said the suspect has a relative who lives in the area, but the suspect lives closer to Ruskin. Police weren’t sure if he intended to go to school Wednesday with the gun or whether he was simply trying to hitch a ride to a location close to his home. The school has metal detectors to try to prevent students from bringing weapons into the school.

The boy was the second Ruskin student arrested this week in connection with a gun crime. Jackson County prosecutors accused an 18-year-old student of firing at two other students after school let out Tuesday. No one was hurt in that incident.

Because of increasing tensions at the school related to the arrests, a few students were asked not to attend Friday night’s basketball game and court warming because school officials thought they might cause trouble. Extra police officers reported to the school.

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

4 year old Kansas boy shot in "gun battle"

The headline of this story should give us pause. "Boy,4, shot during rolling gun battle in KCK". From the article:

A family barbeque ended quickly Saturday night after a 4-year-old boy was seriously injured in a rolling gun battle.

Police say about 8 p.m. they responded to 18th Street and Parallel Parkway on a call of shots fired.  Authorities say two people in two cars were shooting at each other.

Neighbors say they were getting ready for a birthday party for the 4-year-old's mother.

"I heard what I thought was wreck at first, but then we heard gunshots. We ran in the house, but we thought someone got hit. I didn't know it was the little boy," Denise Brown said.

Brown found out just minutes later that two people were hit, including a family friend and 4-year-old Markell Hall Jr.

Family members say Markell was playing in the trees in the front yard of a home in the 1700 block of Stewart Avenue. When the shooting started, a family friend rushed to get him to safety, but that is when the bullet went through the man's hand and hit the boy in the stomach. (...) 

Stray shots hit a man in his 20s and a 4-year-old boy who were both playing 

Authorities say the 4-year-old was seriously injured after he was shot in his stomach.  The man, whose injuries are considered non-life-threatening, was shot in the hand.  The two victims were taken to area hospitals.

14-year old Wichita boy shoots self in leg

A 14-year old boy in Wichita, Kansas, got hold of his family's unsecured, loaded gun while his parents were out and unintentionally shot himself in the leg.

From an article:

A 14-year-old Wichita boy accidentally shot himself in the leg Monday.  It happened just before five o'clock in the 2500 block of East 26th street North.

Police say the teen was playing with a gun while his mother was at work.  It went off and struck him in the leg.  He went to the hospital but is expected to be okay.

Wichita police say this serves as a reminder to talk to your kids about gun safety.  Police say if a child finds a gun, don't touch it.  They say either find an adult or call 911.  Police say while kids are curious, even picking a gun up can cause it to go off.  Police also recommend parents keep guns locked or in a safe.

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

16-year old Wichita boy accidentally shoots himself in knee

A 16-year old boy was showing off his grandparent's gun when he shot himself in the knee.

From the article:

A 16-year-old boy who was trying to hide a gun he had just shown a friend was shot in the knee when the gun went off Sunday night, police say.

The incident occurred at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of South Drury, which is southeast of Kellogg and Woodlawn, Lt. Doug Nolte said. The boy had shown the .38 revolver to an 18-year-old friend and was putting it back under his bed when the gun discharged.

The bullet passed through his right knee, and he was taken to a local hospital for treatment and released. There’s no indication the boy’s grandparents knew he had the gun, Nolte said.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/04/23/2307825/boy-16-accidentally-shoots-himself.html#storylink=cpy

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

Wichita man points gun at bus full of kids

A 16-year old reported that a man rode by and pointed a handgun at her and the school bus she was riding, which students were getting onto, in Wichita, Kansas.


Police caught up with the 28-year old man and found a realistic-looking "a black CO2 BB/pellet-style gun in a backpack."


From the article:

As police handcuffed him, they say he became combative and kicked an officer in the leg. The officer was not injured. 

After questioning him downtown, investigators say they determined the man did point the gun at the bus. 

He was booked for two counts of aggravated assault, one count of battery to a law enforcement officer and for possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. 

A police spokesman did not know the motive for the incident.

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7-year old Topeka child shot

A 7-year old child was shot in a hotel room in Topeka, Kansas, on New Year's Eve, according to THIS article, but few other details were included, except that there were "several adults and juveniles" also in the room.