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4-year old fatally shoots wife of Tenn. sheriff’s deputy accidentally

The deputy was showing his personal *** collection to ****** members when his 4-year-old nephew picked up a weapon and fired, striking the victim

A Tennessee deputy's four-year-old nephew shot and ****** his wife during a weekend cookout at their home, police said.

Josephine Fanning, 47, and the boy walked into a bedroom where her husband Daniel was showing his personal *** collection to a relative in Lebanon. Unaware that the ***** entered, the sheriff's deputy left a loaded ****** unattended on the bed.

"Split second, we're talking about seconds for that *** to walk in that room unbeknownst to them, grab that *** and it goes off," said Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan.

The little boy picked up the firearm in the Lebanon home and fired one bullet, striking Fanning. The officer desperately performed CPR in repeated failed attempts to revive the love of his life, whom he wed last year.

Josephine Fanning was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday evening.

Daniel Fanning typically keeps his weapons in a secure *** safe, according to Bryan.

"He took all the precautions, he's a trained *************** officer, trains with weapons all the time," Bryan told local station WTVF.

The *** was Daniel Fanning's personal weapon and he was not on duty at the time. He is a school resource officer at Sam Houston Elementary School and the school officials said that the ****** was in their prayers, according to KFVS.

"It would take a blind judge not to see how much he loved his wife," said neighbor Melvin Roberts.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident.


"He took all the precautions, he's a trained *************** officer, trains with weapons all the time," Bryan told local station WTVF.

The *** was Daniel Fanning's personal weapon and he was not on duty at the time. He is a school resource officer at Sam Houston Elementary School and the school officials said that the ****** was in their prayers, according to KFVS.

"It would take a blind judge not to see how much he loved his wife," said neighbor Melvin Roberts.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident.

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6-year-old N.J. boy accidentally shot by 4-year-old friend has died, police say

A 6-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head by a 4-year-old playmate on April 8 has died from his wounds, authorities said Tuesday night.

Ocean County prosecutor's office spokesman Al Della Fave confirmed Brandon Holt had died but said he couldn't provide further details. Toms River police Chief Michael Mastronardy said Holt was pronounced dead at 5 p.m. Tuesday, nearly 24 hours after the shooting occurred in a neighborhood that residents described as "very quiet."

The 4-year-old, whose name was withheld, was not injured.

The younger boy's ****** called 911 to report the shooting, Coronato said.

Coronato said it was too early in the investigation to know whether anyone would be charged. He would not say who owned the *** or speculate on how the 4-year-old got it.

Mastronardy called the shooting tragic and said it affected the whole community, a sentiment shared by those who live there.

One resident said the two families had not lived in the neighborhood for long and she did not know them well.

"I'm sad for the ******** involved and their families, but I'm angry with whoever owns that *** and allowed a little ***** to get hold of it. A 4-year-old can't load a ***," said Debi Coto, who lives a few doors down. "I had just been telling my ****** how nice it is to see **** playing together and enjoying themselves, and then this happens."

Coto said the 4-year-old's ****** seemed very upset in the minutes after the shooting and appeared to be trying to comprehend what had happened.

The shooting came just days after a 4-year-boy in Tennessee grabbed a loaded *** at a ****** cookout and accidentally shot to death the wife of a sheriff's deputy, and amid debate over *** control laws in the **** of December's Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre.

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