The Gun Report: June 20, 2013 Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency Look at our first item today. It is nearly unfathomable: two people having a domestic dispute fire a gun and kill their 6-month-old daughter. I know I sound like a broken record, but this is the kind of gun violence that we could—and should—be working hardest to prevent. It does not require new legislation—although legislation that called for gun owners to keep their guns locked in their homes would certainly be welcome. It does not require we spend large sums of money. What it requires is a cultural change, in which gun owners take their responsibility more seriously. Why is this so hard? Of course, if more people were charged with a crime after a horrible gun accident, that might help too. The couple involved in the domestic dispute were charged with reckless homicide. As they should be. Here is today’s report. —Joe Nocera A 6-month-old girl was shot and killed in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday afternoon while her parents were having a domestic dispute. Ken Mason, 40, and Angela Major, 26, have been charged with reckless homicide. Authorities are not releasing how many rounds were fired or where the child was shot. A handgun was recovered at the scene. A friend of the infant’s mother identified the baby as Kelsey. —WATE Five people were wounded Wednesday afternoon and evening in separate attacks on Chicago’s West and South sides. A 15-year-old boy suffered a wound to his abdomen; a man in his 50s was wounded in the jaw and leg; an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg; a man in his 20s was shot in the back; and a 19-year-old man was shot in the back of head. He is expected to survive. —Chicago Tribune Two women and a man are dead and a third woman has life-threatening injuries after a quadruple shooting at a condominium complex in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday afternoon. Police are interviewing witnesses and believe a domestic situation sparked the violence. The shooter is among the dead. —Courier-Journal Three people were hospitalized after gunfire erupted in North Philadelphia, Pa., Wednesday afternoon. Renee Dixon, 32, who is pregnant, was hit in the chest and is in critical condition; a 29-year-old man was hit multiple times and is in serious condition; and the other woman, 24, suffered a graze wound. Police are not sure if it was a drive-by or if the shooter exited the vehicle and started firing. —6ABC 21-year-old Kelsie Monin was shot and killed in Little River, S.C., Tuesday afternoon. A man, who was able to get away, is in critical condition. Officers arrested Mike Bellamy and Brandon Littell, both 19, along with a 15-year-old boy. —WBTW Alisha Virtue, 25, was shot in the head and killed by her former boyfriend in her Reserve, Pa., home Tuesday night. Nicholas Starr, 24, then turned the gun on himself; he died Tuesday night. Both were found in the upstairs bathroom of the home that Virtue shared with her mother, sister and 2-year-old son. —TribLive A 17-year-old girl was found shot and wounded in front of a Lincoln, Neb., apartment complex Wednesday afternoon. Police believe the shooting happened inside a car with three people, and the male backseat passenger shot the victim in the front passenger seat. He took off before officers arrived. —ABC8 A 16-year-old boy was shot in the wrist in the front yard of a home in Sarasota, Fla., Wednesday night. The victim, who was one of several people standing in the yard when the shooting began, was uncooperative with police. The driver of a green Toyota Camry with fresh bullet holes is being interviewed by police. —Bradenton Herald 18-year-old Devin Thorpe was shot and killed in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday night. The victim was outside with a group of young men when unknown suspects approached the group, began shooting and fled the scene. Police are still searching for the gunmen. —News-Press Two men in their mid-20s were hospitalized Wednesday night after being shot near Medgar Evers College in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y. Witnesses say they heard arguing before the gunshots broke out. No arrests have been made yet. —News 12 Two men were hospitalized after being shot in what police say was a drive-by shooting on the east side of Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday night. Officers said one of the men was shot in the arm and drove himself to the hospital, and another was shot in the leg and taken to a hospital by ambulance. No arrests have been made. —Fox 28 A 33-year-old woman is in critical condition after shooting herself in the head while behind the wheel of her car in Lander, Wyo. The woman drove away from a residence Sunday afternoon after saying she intended to harm herself following a dispute with her boyfriend. A state trooper later saw the woman’s vehicle veer off of Highway 26 and plow through a fence. —Billings Gazette A 24-year-old woman is in stable condition after she was shot in the stomach following an argument with a man in Mount Vernon, N.Y., Tuesday night. It was Mount Vernon’s second shooting of the day; a 22-year-old man had been shot in the foot at 12:30 a.m. by a masked gunman. —LoHud A man was shot in the head on Interstate 635 in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday. The victim pulled over in the southbound lanes and called for help at 11:10 a.m. He said two men in a black pickup truck pulled up beside him and started shooting. —KMBC A homeowner shot and wounded a visitor in North Kansas City early Wednesday. The man’s injuries were not considered to be life-threatening. Police are investigating. —KSHB Henry Kormoi, 19, was shot to death in Homewood, Ill., late Tuesday. Police said they think Kormoi knew the shooter. —NWI 29 year-old Rodney Frost was gunned down at a Dayton, Ohio, apartment complex just after midnight Wednesday. Investigators said Frost, his girlfriend and her young child were walking up to the building when the gunman started shooting. Frost’s girlfriend ran for cover and called 911. Police don’t know why the gunman targeted Frost, but they have ruled out robbery. —WDTN A man was shot in the neck on the west side of Indianapolis, Ind., and then went into a nearby McDonalds to get help. He is in serious condition. Police are searching for the suspects, who may have fled into a nearby neighborhood. —RTV6 A 27-year-old man was shot in the leg while standing outside a home in Milwaukee, Wis., Wednesday afternoon. Detectives are searching for a motive and possible suspects. —TMJ4 A man is in critical condition after being shot in the Churchill section of Holyoke, Mass., Wednesday night. Police found the man bleeding in an alley. No arrests have been made. —WWLP A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg during a home invasion in Charlottesville, W.Va., early Tuesday. The victim was home when two men forced themselves inside, and at some point he was shot. Police are soliciting tips. —NBC 29 According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,206 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 02:44:12 +0000
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