Incident

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7-31-2024 Virginia Virginia Beach 1-1

Location

July 31, 2024

2400 block of Brush Creek Ln
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 7
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Age: 6
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 injured by child
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

38yo Sheneka Warren-Boykins, mother of children, arrested for unsecured firearm; child shot brother; shot in his right eyebrow and had to get stitches; 9mm casings collected at scene.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 9mm

Sources

URL: https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/virginia-beach/vb-woman-arrested-after-child-shoots-7-year-old-with-unsecured-firearm

URL: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/virginia-beach-accidental-shooting-7-year-old-shot-arrest/291-32647ea0-e1b2-4c80-a885-2d50b3ab1cf9

District

Congressional District: 2
State Senate District: 20
State House District: 97