Incident

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    12-20-2023 Georgia Augusta 1-1

    Location

    December 20, 2023

    Norris Place Apartments
    1931 Murphy Rd
    Augusta, Georgia

    Participants

    • Type: Victim
    • Age: 13
    • Age Group: Teen 12-17
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Injured
    • Type: Subject-Suspect
    • Relationship: Family
    • Age: 10
    • Age Group: Child 0-11
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Unharmed

    Incident Characteristics

    • Shot - Wounded/Injured
    • Accidental Shooting
    • Accidental Shooting - Injury
    • Accidental/Negligent Discharge
    • Playing with gun
    • Child Involved Incident
    • Child fired gun - non-child victim

    Notes

    Ten year old boy found mother's Taurus 9mm handgun in her purse and shot and critically injured 13 year old brother. Mother, Sharise Nicole Sims,34, arrested. Child had previously handled firearm before.

    Guns Involved

    1 gun involved.

    • Type: 9mm

    District

    Congressional District: 12
    State Senate District: 22
    State House District: 129