Incident
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5-05-2017 Louisiana Houma 1-0
Location
May 05, 2017
Houma, Louisiana
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Age: 8
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Accidental Shooting
- Accidental Shooting - Injury
- Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
- Playing with gun
- Child Involved Incident
- Child fired gun - non-child victim
- Child injured self
- Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)
Notes
Child pulled trigger of loaded rifle in trunk of car, shot self in leg.
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: 7.62 [AK-47]
District
Congressional District: 1State Senate District: 20
State House District: 53