In North Carolina, a 3-year-old girl dies after shooting herself on Christmas. As per the information provided by the officials, the girl name was Aylee Gordon. She was poorly injured and was admitted to the hospital for medical treatment.
3-year-old:
According to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, the girl died on Tuesday night at the Mission Hospital in Asheville about 20 miles to the north. Along with, Aylee was the daughter of Tim Gordon, he is the retired Henderson County Sheriff’s Captain.
This incident took place in Edneyville, and it was informed on Sunday afternoon near about 2:30 p.m. According to the information given by the officials, Gordon called on emergency number 911 and mentioned they had a visitor for Christmas. He left a gun in his vehicle. “She picked that gun off, and by accident, it went off.”
According to the Gun violence and crime incidents, in 2020 in the US, more than 5,100 children who were younger than 18 were killed or injured in gun incidents. There is a higher number of gunfire murders every year. Under 12, more than thousands of children are killed or wounded by gunfire.
By December 29, more than 308 youngsters were killed and 738 injured. Last year, there were 999 total incidents. On the other hand, this year, the hospitals treated 381 gunshot victims until the end.
Moreover, over 20,527 individuals have died from purposeful or unexpected gunfire, besides suicide, which is up from 19,411 the previous year, which stood the highest figure for at least two decades. Accidental cases of the gun firing, there is a soar this year.
