An 11-year-old girl was accidentally shot dead by her father at a hunting lease in Texas, according to reports.
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Minnesota teenager making social media video shot 5-year-old: Police
While attempting to make the video, police said at some point the 13-year-old shot the 5-year-old. Investigators also determined the teen had shot the child by accident.
Brooklyn Park Police Deputy Chief Mark Bruley told CBS Minnesota the incident took place inside the garage of a home, and adults were present at the home. Investigators are unsure if anyone was supervising the children and how they obtained the gun.
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‘Please don’t let my baby die’: Mother holds 10-year-old as she dies following shooting at D.C. apartment complex
Masked men…
exited a black Infiniti, police said, and opened fire indiscriminately, showering so many shots into the courtyard that one resident said there were “too many to count.” The crowd of about 15 or 20 people scattered in terror.
Let’s call this what it is: terrorism.
Makiyah Wilson, a 10-year-old heading to an ice cream truck, was hit, apparently in the chest, residents said. Two witnesses said the girl’s mother held her child as she cried, again and again: “Please don’t let my baby die.”
She’ll never have a first day of middle school.
In a year when homicides in the District are up 46 percent over 2017 and gunfire has become all too common in some neighborhoods, the killing of Makiyah stood out. She was described as a “cool little girl” who loved art and puzzles.