A 13-year-old boy is suspected of having accidentally shot while handling a gun. He was arrested and taken into custody in a juvenile center.
A five-year-old American was shot dead Thursday night as a group of teenagers shot a video for posting on social media, Brooklyn Park police reported in the northern United States.
A 13-year-old boy is suspected of accidentally shooting while handling a gun, she said on Facebook. He was arrested and taken into custody in a juvenile center.
“Several other minors were present” at the scene of the drama, a house in this suburb of Minneapolis, where “they were trying to shoot a film for social networks,” according to this statement.
At least 35 gun deaths Thursday in the United States
The guns claimed at least 35 other victims on Thursday as Americans celebrated Thanksgiving, one of the nation’s most popular holidays, according to the Gun Violence Archives website.
A 5-year-old girl died in South Fulton, a suburb of Atlanta. His family said on the local channel WCB-TV that she had accidentally discharged a gun from a chair. It is a three-year-old who shot by accident, however assured the police on the channel Fox.
A 25-year-old man was shot dead in Philadelphia by a stray bullet while dining with his family. Police are looking for a 19-year-old suspected of shooting after being kicked out of another party at a nearby house, according to the local NBC affiliate.
Gun violence has increased since the start of the pandemic in the United States. They have killed more than 40,000 since the start of the year, including suicides, according to Gun violence archive. 274 children under 12 are included in this grim count.
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