Accidental Shooting

• B.C. man gets 5-year weapons ban after firing gun into neighbour’s condo for 2nd time

  A Vancouver senior has received a five-year weapons ban after he accidentally fired a gun through a wall into a neighbours' condo unit for the second time.

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  Jun 10, 2024
  
• Peguis First Nation child, 4, accidentally shoots 6-year-old, Manitoba RCMP say

  Police said the incident, which took place Monday, happened when children at a Peguis home gained access to a gun and a four-year-old accidentally fired it, hitting the victim.

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  Mar 2, 2023
  
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• 19-year-old shooter arrested in Manitoba target-practice mishap, RCMP say

  Police believe the four were shooting at targets in a grassy area near a side road, when the victim was shot while walking toward the targets.

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  Sep 26, 2022
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• Winnipeg babysitter accidentally shot while taking loaded gun from toddler

  Winnipeg police said the incident happened at a Seven Oaks apartment, where a toddler had found a loaded gun and was running around the suite with it.

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  Sep 7, 2022
• 2 teens injured in ‘accidental’ shooting in Ajax, Ont.: police

  Durham Regional Police said on Monday at around 4:25 p.m., officers received a report of people with gunshot wounds at Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering Hospital.

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  Aug 16, 2022
• Winnipeg man taken to hospital after accidentally shooting himself, police say

  A man is in hospital in stable condition after an incident just after midnight Sunday, in which police said he appears to have accidentally shot himself.

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  Jun 20, 2022
• Accidental shooting puts teen in hospital: Winnipeg police

  Winnipeg police responding to a report of a stabbing instead found a 16-year-old girl who had been shot in the lower body.

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  May 11, 2022
• Maryland Street shooting accidental and self-inflicted, Winnipeg police say

  Two Winnipeggers, age 17 and 18 years old, are facing charges while a third, 19, was taken to hospital after he accidentally shot himself, police said.

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  Jan 12, 2022
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• Off-duty Texas police officer accidentally shoots son after mistaking him for intruder

  Police say the caller identified himself as a Dallas police officer.

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  Oct 28, 2019
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• Man accidentally shot, killed by father-in-law after flying to Florida to surprise him

  Christopher Bergan was killed instantly when his father-in-law shot him once in the heart.

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  Oct 4, 2019