Incident

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10-21-2014 Tennessee Memphis 1-0

Location

October 21, 2014

1900 East Raines Road
Memphis, Tennessee
Geolocation: 35.0357, -90.0004

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 12
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
School Incident

Notes

A. Maceo Walker Middle School, student said he was given the gun by a clerk in a nearby gas station and did not know gun was in his backpack

Sources

URL: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/local-news/crime/student-shoots-himself-in-leg-at-a-maceo-walker-middle-memphis-police-say_84307944

URL: http://www.walb.com/story/26865596/student-says-gun-came-from-clerk-at-unknown-gas-station

District

Congressional District: 9
State Senate District: 29
State House District: 87