Incident
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6-29-2024 Virginia Martinsville 1-1
Location
June 29, 2024
101 Preston Scales RdMartinsville, Virginia
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Age: 9
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Female
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Status: Unharmed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Accidental Shooting
- Accidental Shooting - Injury
- Accidental/Negligent Discharge
- Playing with gun
- Child Involved Incident
- Child injured by child
Notes
according to the gun owner (Vic's brother, 19yo Kevon Hairston, arrested for endangerment) left one of his loaded firearms unsecured on the bed, and another child accidentally hit the trigger of the gun causing it to fire;
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Unknown
Sources
- URL: https://wset.com/news/local/martinsville-man-kevon-hairston-charged-after-his-9-year-old-sister-was-accidentally-shot-with-his-gun-shooting-preston-scales-road-henry-county-sheriffs-office-felony-child-endangerment-virginia-june-2024
District
Congressional District: 9State Senate District: 7
State House District: 48