THREE CHILDREN ALREADY SHOT THIS MONTH, INCLUDING TWO NASHVILLE TODDLERS SHOT THIS WEEK On Monday, a 3-year-old in Antioch shot himself in the foot with an unsecured and loaded gun and overnight, an east Nashville 1-year-old, left unattended, picked up a loaded gun and shot himself with it. Two weeks ago, a 10-year-old in Chattanooga was playing with his parent’s
Read moreThe Safe Tennessee Project is dedicated to reducing gun violence in Tennessee, especially those shootings that are the result of child gaining access to a loaded, unsecured gun.
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Second incident in Nashville in less than a month Sunday morning, a 2-year-old child as able to pick up a loaded gun from the door pocket of a vehicle and fire it, striking a 12-year-old child in the hip. The shooting victim’s injuries are fortunately not life-threatening. “Storing a loaded gun in the door pocket of your vehicle makes it easy for
Read moreMonday afternoon, Timea Batts was shot and killed by her father. Although he initially said she’d been shot after getting off the school bus, her father later admitted that he was the one who pulled the trigger. He said he was asleep and was startled by a noise and fired his weapon at her. He has been charged with reckless
Read moreA 3-year-old toddler fatally shot himself in the face .40 caliber pistol Friday afternoon in Clarksville. The child was visiting from Fort Riley, Kansas, with his family. The gun belonged to the homeowner. This is the 13th incident of a child in our state gaining access to a loaded gun and shooting themselves or someone else this year. Already in
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